Lebanon was part of the Ottoman Empire for about 400 years and, naturally, Lebanese people absorbed many Turkish words from that time. Although Ottoman rule in Lebanon ended after World War I, reminders of that time abound if you know how and where to spot them. In this episode, Mariam tells us about Arabized Turkish words that are now part of the Lebanese dialect.
Lebanese-Arabic Transcript and English Contextual Translation
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مرحبا لكل مستمعيننا، وأصدقائنا عاللانغويج وايف، بحلقة جديدة معي أنا مريم، رح نتعلّم خلالا حوالي سبعة وعشرين (27) مفردة، أو كلمة محكية، باللهجة اللبنانية.
Hello to all our listeners and friends on Language Wave in a new episode with me, Mariam. We will learn through it about 27 vocabulary or spoken words in the Lebanese dialect.
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هالمفردات أو الكلمات المميز فِيُن إنو هني أساساً، مش كلمات عربية، بس نحنا منستعملن كأنن عربي. معرّبين يعني. وهاي الكلمات دخلت عاللغة بسبب أحداث مرق فيها لبنان قديماً، وتحديداً، اللي رح نحكي عنن اليوم فاتو علغتنا أيام السيطرة العثمانية علبنان. بوقتا لبنان، ما كان بعد اسمو لبنان، كان هو وسوريا وفلسطين والأردن، كلن مع بعض اسمن بلاد الشام. قبل تقسيم سايكس-بيكو.
These vocabulary or words are special because they are not originally Arabic words, but we use them as if they were Arabic. This means they are Arabized. These words were added to the language due to certain events that took place in Lebanon in the past, and specifically those we will be speaking about today were added to our language during the Ottoman rule of Lebanon. Back then, Lebanon’s name was not yet “Lebanon”. It was called “Belad Al-Sham” (Levant region) along with Syria, Palestine, and Jordan, before the Sykes-Picot division.