دْجاج (djej) — "chicken" in Levantine Arabic
دْجاج
djēj
chicken
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دْجاج 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.
هو بشتغل هنيك والدجاج محروق
huwwe bishtighel honik w el dajaj mahrouq
He works there and the chicken is burnt.
from Lost in the Market
بالأول قطعت البصل وبعدين قليت الدجاج وسمعت صوت الطقطقة
Bel-awwal qaṭṭa't el-baṣal w ba'dein qaleit ed-djaj w same't ṣawt eṭ-ṭaqṭaqa.
First I chopped the onions, then I fried the chicken and heard the sizzling sound.
from First Time Cooking
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