عشا (3asha) — "dinner" in Levantine Arabic
عشا
3áša
dinner
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عشا 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.
كان أبو كرم وعائلته عم يتناولوا العشا سوا، والعين على التلفزيون يلي عم يبث أخبار اليوم الحصرية.
Kaan Abu Karam w 3a'ilto 3am yetnawalu el 3asha sawa, wel 3ayn 3ala el talafizyon illi 3am yebeth akhbar el yom el 7usriyyeh.
Abu Karam and his family were having dinner together, with their eyes on the television broadcasting today's exclusive news.
الكل قعد على السفرة وعيلتنا انبسطت بالعشا كتير
El-kull qaʿad ʿala s-sufra w ʿēltna inbaṣṭat bil-ʿasha ktīr.
Everyone sat at the dining table and our family enjoyed dinner a lot.
from Our New Dish
كلنا اكلنا عشا طيب سوا
Kullnā akalnā ʿashā ṭayyeb sawa
We all ate a delicious dinner together.
بدي اطبخ العشا بس ما في خبز
Biddi aṭbukh el-ʻasha bas ma fī khubz.
I want to cook dinner but there is no bread.
from The Dinner Problem
قال لي عندي سبع شغلات لازم اخلصها قبل العشا
qāl lī ʿandi sabʿa shaghlāt lāzim akhalliṣha qabl al-ʿasha
He told me, "I have seven things I need to finish before dinner."
from Morning Call
بعد شوي امي رح تجي و رح ناكل عشا عالطاولة
ba'ed shway emmi rah teji w rah nakol asha aal tawle
Later, my mom will come and we will eat dinner at the table.
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