شوارع (shawaari3) — "streets" in Modern Standard Arabic

شوارع

šawaari3

streets

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city and transportation
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"streets" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

شوارع

šawaari3

شوارع 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.

ضاع خالد في شوارع المدينة الواسعة وبحث عن شخص ليساعده

daa khalid fi shawaari al madina al wasia wa bahatha an shakhs liyusaidahu

Khalid got lost in the wide city streets and looked for someone to help him.

from Getting Lost in the City

عفواً، لقد لاحظت للتو مشكلة صغيرة؛ التطبيق يخبرني أن خدمة التوصيل متوقفة مؤقتاً بسبب غزارة الأمطار في شوارع القاهرة!

'Afwan, laqad lahaẓtu lit-taww mushkila saghira; at-tatbiq yukhbiruni anna khidmat at-tawsil mutawaqqifa mu'aqqatan bisabab ghazarat al-amtar fi shuwari' al-qahira!

Excuse me, I just noticed a small problem; the application tells me that the delivery service is temporarily suspended due to the heavy rains in the streets of Cairo!

from A Rainy Day and Changed Plans

شقت الحافلة طريقها بصعوبة نحو وسط البلد حيث تتقاطع شوارع القاهرة القديمة مع المباني ذات الطراز المعماري الأوروبي.

shaqqati al-hafilatu tariqaha bi-su'ubatin nahwa wasati al-baladi haythu tataqata'u shawari'u al-qahirati al-qadimati ma'a al-mabani dhati at-tirazi al-mi'mariyyi al-urubbiyyi.

The bus navigated its way with difficulty toward Downtown, where the streets of old Cairo intersect with buildings of European architectural style.

from A Race Against Time in Downtown

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