جوانتي

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms
  • جونتي‎ (gúwanti), جاونتي‎ (gáwanti)

Etymology

From Italian guanti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡuwanti/, /ɡawanti/

Noun

جُوانتي or جَوانتي • (gúwanti or gáwanti) m (plural جُوانتيات‎ (gúwantiyāt) or جَوانتيات‎ (gáwantiyāt))

  1. gloves
    Synonym: الدوان‎ (ʾíldiwān) (obsolete)
    ‏عم أشرف صاحب الورشة اللي تحتينا بيلبس نضارة واقية وساعات جوانتي وهو شغال‎
    ʿamm ʾášraf ṣāḥib ʾil-wárša ʾílli táḥtīna biyílbis náḍḍāra wáʾiyya 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 جوانتي‎ (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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