جوانتي

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

جونتي (gúwanti), جاونتي (gáwanti)

Etymology

From Italian guanti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuwanti/, /ɡawanti/

Noun

جُوانتي or جَوانتي • (gúwanti or gáwanti) m (plural جُوانتيات (gúwantiyāt) or جَوانتيات (gáwantiyāt))

gloves
Synonyms: (obsolete) الدوان (ʔíldiwān), كف (kaff)

عم أشرف صاحب الورشة اللي تحتينا بيلبس نضارة واقية وساعات جوانتي وهو شغال
ʿamm ʾášraf ṣāḥib ʾil-wárša ʾílli táḥtīna biyílbis náḍḍāra wáʾiyya wi-sáʿāt gúwanti wi-húwwa šáḡḡāl.
Ashraf the owner of the workshop that's under us wears protective glasses and sometimes gloves when he works.

Derived terms

فردة جوانتي (fárdit gúwanti)

References

Almkvist, Herman (1891) Kleine Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Vulgärarabischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Leide: E.J. Brill, page 72
Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 183b
Spiro, Socrates (1895) “جوانتي”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 114b

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