رُزّ — "rice" in Egyptian Arabic
رُزّ
ruzz [coll.]
rice
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
رُزّ in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
السفرة مليانة اكل مصري شهي زي الملوخية والرز والمحشي وكلنا قعدنا حواليها
El sofra malyana akl masri shahi zay el molokheya we el rozz we el mahshi we kollena qa'adna hawalayha
The dining table was full of delicious Egyptian food like molokhia, rice, and mahshi, and we all sat around it.
الرز والمحاشي شكلهم كويس جدا وعايزين ناكل بسرعة
Er-rozz wel-maḥāshī shaklihum kwayyis giddan w ʿayzīn nākol bi-surʿa.
The rice and stuffed vegetables look very good and we want to eat quickly.
from A Happy Family Day
في الآخر بقي اكتشفنا انها عملت طبق كشري تاني بس بالفاكهة مش بالرز
Fel akher ba2a ektashafna enaha 3amalet taba2 koshary tany bas bel fakha mesh bel rozz
In the end, we discovered that she made another koshary dish, but with fruit instead of rice.
from Fruit Koshary
على العشا شاف سمك و رز و خضار
ʕala l-ʕasha shāf samak w rozz w khoḍaar.
At dinner, he saw fish, rice, and vegetables.
الاكل كان رز و سمك
El akl kan rozz w samak.
The food was rice and fish.
شفت رز وخضار من امبارح وفكرت ايه ده ده مش حلو للفطار خالص
Shoft rozz we khoḍaar men embareḥ we fakart "Eeh da? Da mush ḥelw lel feṭaar khaleṣ".
I saw rice and vegetables from yesterday, and I thought: "What is this? This is not good for breakfast at all."
from A Busy Morning
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