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English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
January[1] yenāir
February febrāir
March marss
April abrīl
May māyeh
June yūunia
July yūlia
August aghostos
September sebtember
October oktober
November nofember
December dezember
Sunday yom el ḥad
Monday yom el etnīn
Tuesday yom et telāt
Wednesday yom el arb'a
Thursday yom el khamīs
Friday yom el gum'a
Saturday, or Sabbath yom es sabt
birthday māulid
holiday batūlah, 'eyd, fantasīeh
Christmas 'eyd el mīlād
Easter 'eyd el qiyāmah
dawn fagr
morning subḥ or sabaḥ
early in the morning badri fi subḥ
evening maghrib
this evening el leylah deb or eleylāhdeh
in the evening fil maghrib
noon duhr
forenoon qabl ed duhr
afternoon el 'asr, b'ad ed duhr
night leyl, plu. lāyāl
midnight nuss el-leyl
yesterday embāreh[2]
yesterday morning embāreh fi subḥ
yesterday evening embāreh el maghrib
the day before yesterday āauwel embāreh
  1. The Egyptians formerly employed the Coptic (ancient Egyptian) names of the solar months. The European names, as given above, are in general use now, concurrently with the Coptic, which are retained for agricultural purposes.
  2. The h is a ha, but pronounced like hay