Levantine Unit 1
فليفلة
Peppers
لحمة هبرة
lean meat
صفايح
meat pie
أشهى
most delicious
أمتع
most pleasurable
بصل
onion
نخيل
palm tree / date tree, Frugal
تبولة
Tabouli, chopped salad
خروف
sheep and lamb
قريدس
shrimps, prawns (لهجا)
سيخ
skewer
شرحات
slices of beef/steak
سرّع
speed/ quicken (hurry up), to hasten
أوزي
stuffed meat
ورق عنب
stuffed wine-grape leaves
محشي
stuffed, filled
حاضر
sure ! (colloquial)current / ready (MSA), OK, (acceding to a request), Present (I am)
أكيد
sure or of course
لمن
for whom, whose
فاضية
free, empty (f) (Not cost, free as in available)
سمك مقلي
fried fish
فواكه
fruits
حديقة
garden, yard, park
فندق
hotel
أمام
in front of
صرلنا زمان
it's been a long time
ريش
lambchop
صفيحة
meat pie
مخلل
pickled things
مستعدون
prepared, ready (p)
عزم
to invite
خرج
to leave, to go out
ملك
to own, to possess
قضى
to spend (time)
مرة تانية
Another time
ملهى
Nightclub, place of entertainment
رجاء
please
ايضاً
also (MSA)
اليبرق
another word for محشي
مقبلات
appetizers, Starters
أجواء
atmosphere, air
عشان
because, in order to
تحت
below, under
اللحام
butcher
جوانح جاج
chicken wings
بارد
cold (adjective) as in the weather is cold not as in I feel cold
مختلف
differing, various; different
قرص
disk; round flat bread
شرق
east
بادنجان
eggplant
سهرة
evening gathering
مشهور
famous, popular
فتوش
fattoush (Levantine bread salad)
حبة
head, clove,, pill (medicine)
ساخن
hot, warm
مفقودة
lost, missing
كبة
meat with cracked wheat
مطرب
musician, singer
بواب
n. door, gate, entrance; (Web) portal, gateway
زيت
oil (ie olive oil)
ممتعة
pleasurable
نية
raw
مكافاة
reward
نقانق
sausage, hotdog
جاد
serious/ frank
الرئيسية
the Main, Home (Homepage)
الحلويات
the desserts
مناقيش زعتر
thyme on pita bread
سأل
to ask
حضر
to attend (be present)
كون
to be
ركز
to concentrate (focus)
رقص
to dance
تغديت
to eat lunch (m)
بالخ
to exaggerate
استضاف
to host
فكر
to think
بندورة
tomato
صينية
tray
مناسف
tray of roast lamb (roasted with bones)
خضرة
vegetables
نباتي
vegetarian
خل
vinegar
غرب
west
إلّي
which... (relative pron.)
مع أشهر
with the most famous / more famous than
بدون
without
كوسا
zucchini
توابل
Spices, seasonings
كان
Was (he)
غير مرة
repeatedly (perhaps another time)
انا رح
I'll show you
فاتح
Light (color)
رح نعزم
we will invite
أطباق رئيسية
Main courses
جزار
Butcher Shop (not اللحام)
مثلاً
For example, for instance
ملكية
Royal
شوربة
Soup (f.)
بصحبة
accompanied by