اوضة

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms
  • اودة‎ (ʾōda)
  • اوده‎ (ʾōda)
  • اوضه‎ (ʾōda)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوطه‎ (oda, “room”), also spelled اوده‎ and اودا‎. Modern Turkish oda

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔoːdˁɑ]

Noun

اوضة • (ʾōḍa) f , pl اوض‎ (ʾuwaḍ or ʾiwaḍ) and اوضات‎ (ʾuḍaat)

  1. room (part of a building)
    فيه بنت قالتلك انا ممكن اعيش معاك فى اوضة وصالة بس؟‎
    fīh bint ʾālít-lak ʾána múmkin ʾáʿīš máʿāk fi ʾōḍa wi ṣāla bass?
    Has a girl ever told you "I could live with you just in a room and a hall?"
  2. suite (of furniture)
    ايه رأيك فى الاوضة الخشب زان دى؟‎
    ēh ráʾyik fil-ʾōḍa ʾil-xášab zān di?
    What do you think about this beechwood suite?"

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • اوضة نوم‎ (ʾōḍit nōm)
  • اوضة سفرة‎ (ʾōḍit súfra)
  • اوضة جلوس‎ (ʾōḍit gúlūs)
  • اوضة المسافرين‎ (ʾōḍit ʾil-mísafrīn)
  • اوضة معيشة‎ (ʾōḍit máʿīša)
  • اوضة غيار‎ (ʾōḍit ġíyār)
  • اوضة الضيوف‎ (ʾōḍit ʾiḍ-ḍíyūf)
  • اوضة سماوى‎ (ʾōḍa sámāwi)

References
  • 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.
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