عشاء (3ashaa) — "dinner" in Modern Standard Arabic
عشاء
3ašaa'
dinner
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"dinner" in the other dialects
عشاء 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.
كلهم جلسوا على الطاولة لتناول العشاء.
Kulluhum jalasoo 'ala at-tawilah li-tanawul al-'asha'.
All of them sat at the table to eat dinner.
يقدم ابي هدية جميلة لاخي بعد تناول العشاء
Yuqaddimu abee hadiyyatan jameelatan liakhee bada tanaawul alashaa
My father presents a beautiful gift to my brother after eating dinner.
البارحة اجتمعنا حول طاولة الطعام لنتناول العشاء معا.
Albariha ijtamana hawla tawilat altaam linatanawal alasha maan.
Yesterday we gathered around the food table to eat dinner together.
اتفقنا، فلنصلِّ العصر الآن بخشوع، وبعدها سنتعاون معاً في إعداد عشاء عائلي بسيط داخل مطبخنا الدافئ.
Ittafaqna, falnusalli al-'asr al-'an bikhushu', wa ba'daha sanata'awan ma'an fi i'dad 'asha' 'a'ili basit dakhil matbakhina ad-dafi'.
Agreed, so let us pray Asr now with reverence, and after it we will cooperate together in preparing a simple family dinner inside our warm kitchen.
وصلت العائلة الكبيرة الى بيت الجدة لتناول طعام العشاء
Wasalat al-ailat al-kabira ila bayt al-jaddah litanawul ta'am al-asha'
The large family arrived at Grandmother's house for dinner.
from Family Gathering
هذا يسبب مشكلة في تحضير العشاء كل يوم
Hadha yusabbib mushkilah fi tahdir al-asha' kull yawm
This causes a problem in preparing dinner every day.
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