An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt: Containing the Vernacular Idioms and Expressions, Slang Phrases, Etc., Etc., Used by the Native Egyptians

Socrates Spiro

Al-Mokattam printing office, 1895 - Arabic language - 661 pages

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Bibliographic information

• Title: An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt: Containing the Vernacular Idioms and Expressions, Slang Phrases, Etc., Etc., Used by the Native Egyptians
• Author: Socrates Spiro
• Compiled by: Socrates Spiro
• Publisher: Al-Mokattam printing office, 1895
• Length: 661 pages