وجبة (wajba) — "meal" in Modern Standard Arabic

وجبة

wajba

meal

Topic
food
Seen in
6 of our stories

"meal" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

وَجْبة

wágba

Egyptian Arabic

اكلة

akla

Levantine Arabic

وجْبِة

wájbi

Moroccan Darija

ماكْلة

وجبة 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.

كانت وجبة لذيذة ومليئة بالفرح.

Kanat wajbatun ladheedhah wa malee'ah bi-al-farah.

It was a delicious meal full of joy.

from A Day in the Life of Layla and Ali

طبخت ماري وجبة لذيذة واحترمت قيود أمينة الغذائية.

Tabakhat mari wajba ladhidha wahtaramat quyud amina alghidhaiya.

Mary cooked a delicious meal and she respected Amina's dietary restrictions.

from The Harmonious Shared Home

تظهر هذه الوجبة الدافئة التسامح والمعتقدات الجميلة في بيتنا

Tuzhiru hadhihi al wajba ad dafia at tasamuh wa al muataqadat al jamila fi baytina

This warm meal shows tolerance and beautiful beliefs in our home.

from The Family Dinner

يا خالد، هل يمكنك مساعدتي في اختيار وجبة سريعة من تطبيق "كرم الشام"، حيث أنني كمعلمة لغة عربية مرهقة جداً من تصحيح الامتحانات في شقتنا بحي الدقي في هذا اليوم الممطر؟

Ya Khalid, hal yumkinuka musa'adati fi ikhtiyar wajba sari'a min tatbiq "Karam Al-Sham", haythu annani kumu'allimat lugha 'arabiyya murhaqa jiddan min tashih al-imtihanat fi shaqqatina bihayy Al-Duqqi fi hadha al-yawm al-mumtir?

O Khalid, can you help me choose a fast meal from the "Karam Al-Sham" application, since I as an Arabic language teacher am very exhausted from grading the exams in our Al-Dokki neighborhood apartment on this rainy day?

from A Rainy Day and Changed Plans

استمتعت الاسرة بالوجبة معا واحتفلوا بهذه التجربة الجديدة بابتسامات دافئة

Istamtaʿat al-usrah bi-al-wajbah maʿan wa iḥtafalū bi-hādhihi at-tajribah al-jadīdah bi-ibtisāmātin dāfi'ah

The family enjoyed the meal together and celebrated this new experience with warm smiles

from The Family Cooking Experience

في يوم الجمعة سنتناول وجبة تقليدية لذيذة مع الناس المحليين.

Fi yawm al-jum'ah sanatanawal wajbah taqleediyyah ladheedhah ma'a an-naas al-mahalliyyeen.

On Friday, we will have a delicious traditional meal with the local people.

from The Cultural Weekend Trip

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