بيرة

See also: بیرە

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra.

Noun

بِيرَة (bīra) f

  1. beer

Declension

Alternative forms

  • بيرا

See also

  • جِعَة f (jiʿa)
  • مِزْر m (mizr)

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • بيره (bīra)
  • بيرا (bīra)

Etymology

From Italian birra but also possibly from Greek μπίρα (bíra) or Turkish bira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [biːɾa]

Noun

بيرة (bīra) f , pl بيرات (birāt)

  1. beer
    ياما حلا البيرة فى عز الحار
    yā máḥla l-bīra fi ʿizz il-ḥarr.
    How nice it is to have beer when it is really hot.
  2. (obsolete) beer shop

Synonyms

  • بوظة (būẓa)
  • جِعَة (giʿa)

Derived terms

  • بير (báyyar)
  • بيرارية (bírariyya)

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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