مرور (muruur) — "traffic" in Modern Standard Arabic

مرور

muruur

traffic

Topic
city and transportation
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2 of our stories

"traffic" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

مرور

muruur

Moroccan Darija

سيرْكِلاسْيون

مرور 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.

رايت شرطية تنظم حركة المرور قرب السوق وكان المنظر جميلا

Ra'aytu shurṭiyyah tunazzimu ḥarakat al-murūr qurb as-sūq wa kāna al-manẓar jamīlan

I saw a policewoman organizing traffic near the market, and the view was beautiful.

from A Trip to the Local Market

ارشدني شاب ودود الى عبور مفترق الطرق عند اشارة المرور ومن ثم الانعطاف يمينا عند الدوار الكبير حيث يقع مبنى المكتبة

Arshadani shabbun wadudun ila 'uburi muftaraqi al-turuqi 'inda isharati al-mururi wa min thamma al-in'itafi yaminan 'inda al-duwwari al-kabiri haythu yaqa'u mabna al-maktabati.

A friendly young man guided me to cross the intersection at the traffic light and then turn right at the large roundabout where the library building is located.

from Lost in the New Neighborhood

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