نادل (naadil) — "waiter" in Modern Standard Arabic
نادل
naadil
waiter
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
"waiter" in the other dialects
نادل 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.
يقول الرجل انا النادل واسمي طارق
yaqulu al-rajul ana al-nadil wa-ismi Tariq.
The man says I am the waiter and my name is Tariq.
from The Hungry Waiter
قلت صباح الخير للنادل
Qultu Sabah al-khayr li al-nadil.
I said good morning to the waiter.
from Morning at the Cafe
انتظرت قليلا ثم جاء النادل
Intazar-tu qaleelan thumma ja'a an-naadil.
I waited a little, then the waiter came.
from Waiting at the Cafe
More food vocabulary
Practice food
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