الناشر عند دار النشر.

• الناشر = the publisher
• عند = at, by, or sometimes with, depending on context
• دار النشر = the publishing house

So the whole sentence means something like The publisher is at the publishing house.

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• الناشر عند دار النشر literally looks like the publisher at the publishing house
• but it naturally means The publisher is at the publishing house

This is very normal in Arabic, including Egyptian Arabic.

This is a nominal sentence: it starts with a noun, not a verb.

• الناشر = the topic / subject
• عند دار النشر = the predicate, telling you where the publisher is

So the structure is:

[subject] + [location]

which gives: الناشر + عند دار النشر

Here, عند means at or by in a location sense.

So:

• الناشر عند دار النشر = The publisher is at the publishing house

In Egyptian Arabic, عند is very common and can also mean:

• with / have in sentences like عندي كتاب = I have a book
• at someone’s place in sentences like أنا عنده = I’m at his place

In this sentence, though, it is just expressing location.

دار النشر is an idafa construction, often called a possessive construction.

Literally, it is:

• دار = house
• النشر = the publishing

So word-for-word it is something like house of publishing, but the natural English translation is publishing house.

In an idafa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the second noun can be definite

That is why it is دار النشر, not الدار النشر in this structure.

They each have ال for different reasons.

• الناشر has ال because it means the publisher, a definite noun
• النشر has ال because it is the second part of the idafa دار النشر, making the whole phrase definite: the publishing house

So:

• الناشر = the publisher
• دار النشر = the publishing house

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation would be roughly:

en-naasher ʿand daar en-nashr

A few helpful notes:

• ال often sounds like el-, but before sun letters like ن, the l sound blends into the next consonant
• so الناشر is pronounced more like en-naasher, not el-naasher
• النشر becomes en-nashr
• ع in عند is a deep Arabic sound with no exact English equivalent

Yes, it is understandable and acceptable, but depending on context, an Egyptian speaker might also say:

• الناشر في دار النشر = The publisher is in/at the publishing house
• الناشر موجود في دار النشر = The publisher is at the publishing house / is present in the publishing house

Using عند is possible, but في can sound more straightforward if you simply mean physical location.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Most commonly:

• ناشر / الناشر = publisher

That could refer to:

• a person who publishes
• a publishing company
• the publisher responsible for a book

In this sentence, the exact meaning depends on the wider context.

Both words come from the root ن-ش-ر, which has to do with spreading, publishing, or disseminating.

From that root:

• نشر = publishing / publication
• ناشر = publisher

This is useful because Arabic learners often recognize related words more easily once they know the root.

Not in this sentence.

It is true that عند is often used to express possession:

• عندي كتاب = I have a book

But here عند is followed by a place expression:

• عند دار النشر

So here it means at rather than have. The sentence is about location, not possession.