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English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
shot (a shot fired) darbah
net shabakah, plu. shibāk, or shabakāt
fish-hook sinnārah
basket mishannah
box sandūk, plu. sanadīk
shooting darb al barūd
sport seyd
at one shot bi-darbah, or bi-nishān wāḥid
padlock qafi, plu. aqfāl
tobacco-pipe shibūk, plu. shubukāt
pistol tabangah, plu. tabangāt
19. Time and Seasons.
Year senah, plu. senīn
month shaḥr, plu. ushḥur
week gum'aah, plu. gum'aāt
two weeks gum'ateyn
day yom, plu. eyyām
hour sa'ah, plu. sa'āt
half-an-hour nuss sa'ah
minute deqīqah, plu. daqāyiq
season fasl or awan, plu. fosūl
Spring rābī'a
Summer seyf
Autumn kharīf
Winter shita
the months of the year shuḥūr es senah
Lunar months shuḥūr 'arabīya
Coptic months shuḥūr qibtīya
time waqt
to-morrow morning bukra fi subḥ
how many weeks kām guma'ah ?
day-time nahār
mid-day ed duhr
every day kull yom
after to-morrow b'ad bukra
to-day en-nahār-deh
to-morrow bukra