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English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
Lower Egypt beheyrah
Upper Egypt es-sa'id
Persia bilād el agam
Persian āgami
Cairo masr mahrūsah
Old Cairo masr 'atīqah
The districts of Cairo atmān masr
Constantinople istambūl
Alexandria iskendirīeh
Suez Canal el kanāl
Suez es sues
Ismailieh el isma 'ilīeh
Arishe el 'arīsh
Kosseir el quseyr
Damietfta dumyāt
Rosetta rāshīd
Suakin sawākin
The Nile (River) en nīl
Foreigner egnebi, gharīb; plu. ghuraba, khawāgah
21. Numbers.
Numbers a'dād
one wāḥed
two etnīn
three talātah
four arba'ah
five khamsah
six sittah
seven sab'ah
eight temāniah
nine tis'ah
ten 'ashrah
eleven ḥadāsher
twelve etnāsher
thirteen talattāsher
fourteen arb'ātasher
fifteen khamastāsher
sixteen sittāsher
seventeen sab'atāsher