Egyptian Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian caucciù (caoutchouc).

Noun edit

كاوتش (kawetšm (collective, singulative كاوتشة f (kawetša), paucal كاوتشات (kawetšāt))

  1. (collective) rubber
    1. (countable) a piece of rubber; a rubber covering, a tire

References edit

  • Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 450–451
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 769