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Can you name a few slang Arabic words that were inspired from the English language and sound very similar to each other?

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Question added by Sally Majali
Date Posted: 2017/01/15
Manar Abdel Wahed
by Manar Abdel Wahed , Copyediting Quality Assurance Specialist , Hindawi Publishing Corporation

أنتيم Intimate (This word أنتيم is derived from the English word intimate which is used mainly with the word friend; in slang Egyptian Arabic we say صاحبي/صاحبتي الأنتيم)

طبلية table (طبلية is a popular piece of furniture used by poor people to have food on it)

مقهى cafe

بارود powder

ميل mile

MOHAMED KHALIL
by MOHAMED KHALIL , quality,planning,logistics and technical manager , suzuki

computer 

bus 

taxi 

camera 

goal

 

Haitham A. Darwish
by Haitham A. Darwish , Senior /Advanced Teacher , Aramco

1.take a shower:اتروش ,net :نت,go: used in Arabic in colloquial language, email: ايميل, Adrenalin)motivation ,contact,web ,,,,,,and many others!!!!!!

Saleh Abdu
by Saleh Abdu , Administrative & Travel Officer , شركة فواز عبدالعزيز الحكير وشركاه

 

 

 

 

Care  خير

 

Alphabet   أ ب ت

 

Canon  قانون

 

I will add you more …

 

 

 

Aya Elwi
by Aya Elwi , Translator , Self-Employed

There are many words like:

Film, Television, Genes, jeans, laptop, computer,r

 

Mohammed Al-Chalabi
by Mohammed Al-Chalabi , Translator and Fixer , BBC

Choop Tyre Pincher Mortadella Humburger 

hamdan alzyod
by hamdan alzyod , Middle School English Teacher , Ministry Of Education - Jordan

I will send the answer as a Message

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I can't write my answer in Arabic here, so I will send it to you through messages.

Aisha Hawamdeh
by Aisha Hawamdeh , Academic supernvisor , Future Vanguard International School

There many words  I can mention like syrab, bank,stadium, term, telephone and jacket.

haneen alsalah
by haneen alsalah , Front Office Manager , lancaster hotel

ALCHEMY and CHEMISTRY ALCOHOL  ALGEBRA soda  ALGORITHMSAFARIshash GUITAR 

CIPHER AMBER 

Abdullah Ameen
by Abdullah Ameen , Freeance Translator , Anonymous

banana seems like بنان for figer

 

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