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ذكرنا القط، أجا ينط

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Literally: “we mentioned the cat and he came jumping”.

Phrase edit

ذكرنا القطّ، أجا ينط • (zakarna l-qoṭṭ, ʾaja ynoṭṭ)

  1. speak of the devil[1]
    Synonym: ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان (ʔibn il-ḥalāl ʕind zikro bibān)

References edit

  1. ^ J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 439
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