Word
رخصة العربية سارية.
Meaning
The vehicle registration is valid.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of رخصة العربية سارية.
رخصة العربيةrukhsat el-'arabeyya
the vehicle registration
ساريsâri
valid; in force
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Questions & Answers about رخصة العربية سارية.
Why does العربية mean car here? I thought it meant Arabic.
In Egyptian Arabic, العربية very often means the car.
So in this sentence, رخصة العربية means the car’s license or the car registration/license.
A learner often expects العربية to mean the Arabic language, and it can in other contexts. But in everyday Egyptian speech, عربية is one of the most common words for car.
So context is everything:
- بتتكلم عربي؟ = Do you speak Arabic?
- العربية بتاعتي برّه = My car is outside.
What does رخصة mean exactly?
رخصة means license, permit, or official authorization.
In Egyptian Arabic, it can refer to different kinds of licenses, depending on context:
- رخصة السواقة = driver’s license
- رخصة العربية = car license / vehicle registration papers
- رخصة المحل = shop license
It is a feminine noun, which matters because the adjective later in the sentence is also feminine: سارية.
Why is it رخصة العربية and not something like رخصة العربيةِ with a separate word for of?