سيارة (sayyaara) — "car" in Modern Standard Arabic

سيارة

sayyaara

car

Topic
city and transportation
Seen in
6 of our stories

"car" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

عربية

arabeyya

Levantine Arabic

سيّارة

sayyāra

Moroccan Darija

طُنوْبيل

سيارة 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.

بعد قليل، سمعوا صوت سيارة أبيهم.

Ba'da qaleel, sami'u sawta sayyarati abeehim.

After a little while, they heard the sound of their father's car.

from A Day in the Life of Layla and Ali

احمد قال شكرا لكم هذه كتب رائعة لكنه كان يريد سيارة جديدة

Ahmed qala shukran lakum hadhihi kutub ra'i'ah lakinahu kana yureed sayyarah jadeedah

Ahmed said "Thank you! These are wonderful books!" but he wanted a new car.

from Ahmed's Funny Birthday

ذهبنا بالسيارة

Dhahabna bil-sayyarah.

We went by car.

from A Visit to My Aunt

السيارة صغيرة

Al-sayyaratun saghiratun

The car is small.

from The Weekend Trip

سيسافرون بالسيارة يوم السبت وهم متحمسون للوقت الجميل معا.

Sa-yusafiroona bil-sayyarati yawm al-sabti wa hum mutahammisoon li-l-waqtil jameeli ma'an.

They will travel by car on Saturday and are excited for the beautiful time together.

from The Weekend Trip

هو يسال اين السيارة

Huwa yasal ayna as-sayyarah

He asks: Where is the car?

from The Curious Child

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