{"id":64470,"date":"2022-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64470\/8-lebanese-words-that-have-non-arabic-origins"},"modified":"2022-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T00:00:00","slug":"8-lebanese-words-that-have-non-arabic-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64470\/8-lebanese-words-that-have-non-arabic-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Lebanese Words That Have Non-Arabic Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Lebanese is not a language, the Lebanese dialect of Arabic is home to a weird mix of Aramaic-Syriac-and even French words in addition to Arabic. Here are eight words we commonly use in Lebanon that do not have Arabic origins.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>1. Aymta<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  It sounds like the Arabic word mata (\u0645\u062a\u0649), but the word actually comes from the equivalent Syriac word emat. So next time you ask aymta ra7een noshrab, pour one out for the Syriac language.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/1poRnvVC6N8AAAAC\/when.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>2. T3awa2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Because you\u2019re busy pouring one out, you\u2019re obviously late to the bar meet. Syriac has your back once again, t3awa2 comes from the word \u201cet\u2019aouaq.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>  <B>3. Flen, foulan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Flen el foulene ken 3am b2ele keef t3awa2et, aymta saret hay? You just said a very Syriac sentence. Flen comes from the word \u201cflon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gifer.com\/kT8.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>4. Teez<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Unsurprisingly, the word teez comes from the Syriac word \u201ctizo,\u201d which also denotes the ass. It\u2019s interesting to see how this word remains unchanged in the Lebanese vernacular today.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>5. Jowa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  The word \u201cjaw\u201d was the word for inside in the Syriac language, it\u2019s clearly been transformed by the Lebanese tongue but its origins remain not in Arabic but in Syriac.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/u_HGok25cFAAAAAC\/get-inside-go-inside.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>6. Barra<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Much like \u201cjaw,\u201d the word \u201cbar\u201d denoted outside in the Syriac language. Unclear where the additional \u201cra\u201d came from.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>7. Mazout<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  For our non-Frenchie brethren, something about mazout sounds powerfully Arabic, but the word is actually French for fuel oil. <\/p>\n<p>  <B>8. Hein<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Again, Frenchies look away. For the longest time when my grandparents said \u201cha?\u201d I thought they were just being old and quirky but apparently \u201chein?\u201d is a legitimate French saying. 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