خمْسين (khamsin) — "fifty" in Levantine Arabic

خمْسين

xamsīn

fifty

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"fifty" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

خمْسين

xamsīn

Moroccan Darija

خمْسين

خمْسين 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.

طارق، طالب عمرو عشرين سنة ودايماً متوتر، بدو منقوشة، بس معو بس خمسين ألف ليرة بجيبتو.

Tariq, taleb omro ishrin sana wa dayman mutawattir, biddo manoushe, bas mao bas khamsin alef lira bi jibto.

Tariq, a student whose age is twenty years and is always nervous, wants a man'oushe, but he has only fifty thousand liras in his pocket.

from Morning Man'oushe in Gemmayzeh

دور رامي بجياب شنتتو بسرعة، ومنيح إنو لقى خمسين ألف ليرة تانية جنب كتبو.

dawwar rami bi-jyab shantato bi-suraah, w-mneeh inno laqa khamseen alef lirah tanyeh janb kotbo.

Rami searched in his bag's pockets quickly, and good thing that he found another fifty thousand liras next to his books.

from Zaatar Manakish in Hamra

طارق كان بدو مناقيش لحمة، بس كان معو خمسين ألف ليرة لبنانية بس بجيباتو.

Tariq kan biddo manaqish lahmeh, bas kan ma'o khamsin alf lirah libnaniyyeh bas bijiyabato.

Tariq wanted meat manakish, but he had fifty thousand Lebanese Liras only in his pockets.

from Any Man'ouche on Hamra Street

دفعت لأبو سامي خمسين ألف ليرة لبنانية حق الجلاب، متمنية بكرا أفضل.

Dafa'at li-Abu Sami khamseen alf lira Lubnaniyya haqq il-jallab, mutamanniyya bukra afdal.

She paid Abu Sami fifty thousand Lebanese Liras for the Jallab, wishing for a better tomorrow.

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