خبّاز (khabbaz) — "baker" in Levantine Arabic

خبّاز

xabbāz

baker

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"baker" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

خبّاز

xabbāz

Egyptian Arabic

فران

farraan

Moroccan Darija

بولونْجي

Modern Standard Arabic

خباز

xabbaaz

خبّاز 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 سامي، الخباز القديم، بيقضي نهاره بوسط الردم بمدينة حلب وهو عم يحاول يرجع الحياة لمخبزه الصغير يلي تهدم نصه.

Kan Sami, al-khabbaz al-qadim, biyaqdi naharo bi-wasat al-radm bi-madinat Halab wa-huwa am yuhawil yarajji al-hayat li-makhbazo al-saghir yalli thaddam nusso.

Sami, the old baker, was spending his day in the middle of the rubble in Aleppo city, trying to bring life back to his small bakery, half of which was destroyed.

from A Loaf of Hope Amidst the Rubble

هو سأل الخباز أبو فادي، مرحبا، كيفك، هدول بكفوا لمنقوشة زعتر؟

Huwwe saal el khabbaz Abu Fadi, marhaba, kifak, hadol bikaffu la manoushet zaatar?

He asked the baker Abu Fadi, hello, how are you, are these enough for a thyme man'oushe?

from Morning Man'oushe in Gemmayzeh

سأل أبو شادي، الخباز الختيار: "مرحبا، كيفك؟ بدي منقوشة زعتر هلق لو سمحت، بقديش؟"

sa'al abu shadi, el-khabbaz el-khetyar: "marhaba, kifak? biddi manqoushet zaatar hallaq law samaht, biqaddesh?"

He asked Abu Shadi, the old baker: "Hello, how are you? I want a zaatar manakish now please, how much is it?"

from Zaatar Manakish in Hamra

"يلا، بدي أي منقوشة بسرعة!" حكى طارق، طالب جامعة مستعجل عمرو تنين وعشرين سنة، للخباز بشارع الحمرا.

"Yalla, biddi ay man'oucheh bisur'ah!" haka Tariq, talib jami'ah musta'jel 'umro tnein wa 'ishrin sanah, lil-khabbaz bishari' al-Hamra.

"Yalla, I want any man'ouche quickly!" said Tariq, an impatient university student who is twenty-two years old, to the baker on Hamra Street.

from Any Man'ouche on Hamra Street

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