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.

from The Egyptian Family Gathering

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.

from Ahmed and the Many Questions

الاكل كان رز و سمك

El akl kan rozz w samak.

The food was rice and fish.

from The Food Problem at Home

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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