Egyptian Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From French jupe (skirt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

جيبة (žībaf (plural جيبات (žibāt))

  1. skirt
    Synonyms: جيب (žīb), جونلة (gunilla), (obsolete) تنورة (tannūra)
    هو إيه الموضة اللي طالعة الايام دي أي حتة قماشة يحطولها أستك ويبقى اسمها جيبة حتى لو قماش ملاية سرير؟
    huwwa ʾēh il-mōḍa ʾilli ṭalʿa l-ʾayyām di ʾayy ḥittit ʾumāš yiḥuṭṭulha ʾastik wi-yibʾa ʾismaha žība ḥatta law ʾumāš milāyit sirīr?
    What's with the fashion that's coming out these days, they put a rubber band on any piece of fabric and it is now called a skirt even if it's a bedsheet fabric?

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ج ي ب
2 terms

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَيْب (jayb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒeː.be/, [ˈʒeː.be]
  • (file)

Noun edit

جيبة (jēbef (plural جياب (jyāb) or جيب (jiyab))

  1. pocket