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بيرة

بيرة

See also: بیرە

Arabic

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)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [biːɾa]

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

  • بير (báyyar)
  • بيرارية (bírariyya)

Synonyms

  • بوظة (būẓa)
  • جِعَة (giʿa)

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.