خبز (khubz) — "bread" in Modern Standard Arabic
خبز
xubz
bread
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"bread" in the other dialects
خُبْز
خبز 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.
نحن ناكل الخبز امام البيت
Nahnu nakulu alkhubz amama albayt
We eat the bread in front of the house
from A Family Meal
بعد ان اشتريت بعض الخبز عدت الى البيت مسرورة
Baʿda an ishtaraytu baʿḍ al-khubz ʿudtu ilā al-bayt masrūratan
After I bought some bread, I returned home happy.
ثم اكلنا الغداء و بعض الخبز
Thumma akalna al-ghadaa wa ba'da al-khubz.
Then we ate lunch and some bread.
from A Visit to Relatives
رائحة خبز طازج جميلة تملا المكان
Raihatu khubzin tazajin jamilatun tamla'u al-makan.
The beautiful smell of fresh bread fills the place.
اعدت سارة الفطور سريعا وهو خبز وزيت وزعتر وشاي
A'addat Sarah al-futur sari'an wa huwa khubz wa zayt wa za'tar wa shay
Sarah quickly prepared breakfast which was bread, olive oil, za'atar, and tea.
from Sarah's Busy Morning
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