Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• جونتى ‎(gúwanti)
• جاونتى ‎(gáwanti)

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.

Derived terms

• فردة جوانتى ‎(fárdit gúwanti)

Synonyms

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

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.