“skiing” in Arabic dialects

noun

How do you say skiing across the major spoken Arabic dialects? Compare skiing (noun) sense by sense across 5 dialects — Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi — with English meaning, native script, transliteration and usage.

What does “skiing” mean?

noun
  1. A sport in which participants must travel on skis

English definitions from Princeton WordNet.

Quick comparison across dialects

DialectArabic (skiing)Transliteration
Egyptian Arabicتزلج على الجليدtazallug ʿala el-galīd
Levantine Arabicتزلج على التلجtazalluj ʿala t-talj
Gulf Arabicتزلج على الثلجtazalluj ʿala ath-thalj
Iraqi Arabicتزلج على الجليدtazalluj ʿala al-jalīd
Maghrebi Arabicسكيski

Full breakdown by dialect

Egyptian Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
تزلج على الجليدtazallug ʿala el-galīdthe sport of gliding on skis

Levantine Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
تزلج على التلجtazalluj ʿala t-taljthe sport of snow skiing

Gulf Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
تزلج على الثلجtazalluj ʿala ath-thaljthe sport of gliding on snow

Iraqi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
تزلج على الجليدtazalluj ʿala al-jalīdthe sport of gliding on snow with skis

Maghrebi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
سكيskithe sport of skiing

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