Language Survey

The survey has 15 words we use often in Jordan, written in both Arabic and English, with the meaning next to them. I would appreciate it if you take the time to tick each word that is an active PART of your local dialect, ex. being familiar with it is not enough. Please also be very careful with which country you associate your dialect with, for example, if you are a Palestinian living in Jordan, try to choose the country that you think you picked most of your dialect from.

1. Please put a checkbox next to the words that you think are a PART of your countries local dialects *

بَحَر: نظَر بِتَفَحُّص وتأنيب ba7ar (stare): leish 3am bteb7arni?

بَلَش: تقول الأم: انبلشت بالأطفال أي انشغلت بهم والبلشة هي الورطة أو المشكلة. Balash (stuck with a problem): Ma beddi a3od anbilesh feehom!

انِبَلَم: أُفحِم, أُسكِت, أُحرِج فلم يدرِ ماذا يقول Inbalam (stupified): Hisham inballam bas sa2alto 3an 7anna

حيل: قوة. h7eil (strength): Ma feyi 7eil ar2os hal ayam.

دَقَر: لمس الشيء وحركه بطرف يده. Daqar (brushed agaist): Mama Hisham beb2a yed2arni o ana 3am badros!

سَفّ :أو نسف أخذ. Saf (swallowed quickly): Leish heik safeit il dawa saf?

شحط: سحب أو جرّ على الأرض. Sha7at (drag): Bakrah il nas ili besh7ato ejreihom o homeh beymshu.

شلف : هرب Shallaf (ran off): Ghassan shallaf bas wa2afo il shurti.

شوب: الحرّ Showb (hot): Kteeeeeeeeeeer showb il yom!

طرش: دهن Tarash (paint): Rashad Dallal kan atwal wa7ed bi Nables o kan yotrosh bedun Sellam.

فَرَط: خرجت روحه, مات. فرط النقود صرف Farat (went apart): Fartat il so7beh ba3ed ma za3alha.

فركش: عثر وسقط Farkash: Dayman Roba betfarkesh o heyeh mashyeh.

فشخ: ضربه في الرأس Fashakh: Ghassan kan dayman yenfashekh howeh o zgheer.

فكح: افكح غير مستقيم الأرجل Faka7: Hada afka7 o howeh bemshi.

لَطَش: صفع, سرق Latash: Omar latash menni il nadara!

2. Country of Linguistic Background (Please choose the option that is the closest to your accent, for example, if you are Palestinian but lived in Saudi Arabia your entire life, choose the country on which you feel is closer to your daily spoken choice of words)*

Jordanian

Palestinian

Lebanese

Syrian

Iraqi

Arabian Gulf Countries

Hebrew

Egyptian

North African

Western

Other, please specify

3. Any comments?