How to say "luggage, baggage" in Arabic
New wordMeaningluggage, baggage
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَمْتِعَة
amtiʿaאמתעה
أمتعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כבודה
kvudaكْڤُودَا
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Arabic root
م-ت-عLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
عَفْش
ʿafshעפשThe everyday word for stuff, gear, or luggage on the street.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شُنَط
shunaṭשנטCairo counts luggage as bags: ish-shunaṭ.
In a phrase
أَمْتِعَة كَثِيرَة
amtiʿa kathīraאמתעה כת'ירהa lot of luggage