جوانتى

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • جونتى‎ (gúwanti)
  • جاونتى‎ (gáwanti)

Etymology

From Italian guanti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡuwanti], [ɡawanti]

Noun

جوانتى • (gúwanti, gáwanti) m , pl جوانتيات‎ (gúwantiyāt, gáwantiyāt)

  1. gloves
    عم اشرف صاحب الورشه اللى تحتينا بيلبس نضاره واقيه وسعات جوانتى وهو شغال
    ʿamm ʾášraf ṣāḥib ʾil-wárša ʾílli táḥtīna biyílbis náḍḍāra wáqiyya wi-sáʿāt gúwanti wi-húwwa šáḡḡāl.
    Ashraf the owner of the workshop that's under us wears protective glasses and sometimes gloves when he works.

Synonyms

  • قفاز‎ (qúffāz)
  • الدوان‎ (ʾíldiwān) (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • فردة جوانتى‎ (fárdit gúwanti)

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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