جوانتي

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Egyptian Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Italian guanti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡuwanti/, /ɡawanti/

Noun edit

جُوانتي or جَوانتي (gúwanti or gáwantim (plural جُوانتيات (gúwantiyāt) or جَوانتيات (gáwantiyāt))

  1. gloves
    Synonyms: (obsolete) الدوان (ʔíldiwān), كف (kaff)
    عم أشرف صاحب الورشة اللي تحتينا بيلبس نضارة واقية وساعات جوانتي وهو شغال
    ʿamm ʾášraf ṣāḥib ʾil-wárša ʾílli táḥtīna biyílbis náḍḍāra wáʾiyya wi-sáʿāt gúwanti wi-húwwa šáḡḡāl.
    Ashraf the owner of the workshop that's under us wears protective glasses and sometimes gloves when he works.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Almkvist, Herman (1891) Kleine Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Vulgärarabischen[1] (in German), volume 1, Leide: E.J. Brill, page 72
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 183b
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “جوانتي”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 114b