“tour” in Arabic dialects

verb

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

What does “tour” mean?

verb
  1. Make a tour of a certain place“We toured the Provence this summer”

English definitions from Princeton WordNet.

Quick comparison across dialects

DialectArabic (tour)Transliteration
Egyptian Arabicعمل جولةʿamal gawla
Levantine Arabicعمل جولةʿamal jawleh
Gulf Arabicسوى جولةsawwa jawla
Iraqi Arabicيسوي جولةysawwi jawla
Maghrebi Arabicدَار جَوْلَةdār jawla

Full breakdown by dialect

Egyptian Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
عمل جولةʿamal gawlato go on a tour
اتجوّلetgawwelto tour around, wander

Levantine Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
عمل جولةʿamal jawlehto go on a tour
تجوّلtajawwalto wander around, to tour

Gulf Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
سوى جولةsawwa jawlato go on a tour
تجولtajawwalto wander around, to tour

Iraqi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
يسوي جولةysawwi jawlato go on a tour

Maghrebi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
دَار جَوْلَةdār jawlato take a tour, go on a round trip
تْجَوَّلtjawwalto tour, wander around

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