النقاش عنده الدهان.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:

en-naʔʔāsh ʿando ed-dehān

A few useful notes:

• النقاش is pronounced en-naʔʔāsh, not al-naqqāsh, because ن is a sun letter, so the l of ال assimilates.
• In Egyptian Arabic, ق is often pronounced as a glottal stop ʔ.
• عنده is commonly pronounced ʿando in Egyptian.
• الدهان is pronounced ed-dehān, because د is also a sun letter, so ال sounds like ed- here.

In Egyptian Arabic, النقاش usually means the painter, especially a house painter / decorator, not a fine artist.

So this is the person who paints walls, doors, apartments, and buildings.

That is different from:

• رسام = an artist / someone who draws or paints pictures

So in this sentence, النقاش is most naturally understood as the painter/decorator.

الدهان means the paint or the coating/paint material.

In everyday usage, it usually refers to the substance used for painting walls or surfaces.

So:

• النقاش = the painter
• الدهان = the paint

Arabic often expresses possession with a phrase that literally means something like at him or with him, instead of using a verb like English have.

So:

• عند = at / with
• عنده = at him / with him

In context, عنده الدهان means he has the paint.

This is a very common structure in Egyptian Arabic:

• عندي = I have
• عندك = you have
• عنده = he has
• عندها = she has

So the sentence is literally something like:

The painter, with him the paint
but naturally it means: The painter has the paint.

The -ه is a pronoun meaning him.

So:

• عند = at / with
• عنده = at him / with him = he has

This ending changes depending on the person:

• عندي = I have
• عندك = you have
• عنده = he has
• عندها = she has
• عندهم = they have

Because both nouns are definite here:

• النقاش = the painter
• الدهان = the paint

So the sentence means The painter has the paint, not A painter has paint.

In Arabic, definiteness is usually marked directly on the noun with ال.

Also, the pronunciation changes because of sun letters:

• النقاش → pronounced en-naʔʔāsh
• الدهان → pronounced ed-dehān

The spelling still keeps ال, but the pronunciation assimilates.

There is no separate verb meaning has in the sentence.

That is normal in Arabic. Possession is often expressed with:

• عند
  • pronoun

So instead of a verb like have, Arabic says something more like:

• with him
• at him

That is why عنده الدهان means he has the paint.

This word order is very natural in Arabic.

It starts with the topic or subject:

• النقاش = the painter

Then it says what is true about him:

• عنده الدهان = has the paint

So the structure is basically:

[the painter] [has the paint]

Arabic is often flexible with word order, but this version sounds straightforward and natural.

If you changed the order to:

الدهان عند النقاش

that would mean something more like:

The paint is with the painter

That shifts the focus from the painter to the paint.

No, not usually.

• نقاش = painter/decorator, especially someone who paints buildings or interiors
• رسام = artist, drawer, painter of pictures

So if you are talking about someone painting a wall, نقاش is the better word. If you are talking about someone painting portraits or landscapes, رسام is more likely.

It is very natural in Egyptian Arabic, and it would also be understandable to many Arabic speakers more generally.

A few points:

• عنده is common in both Standard Arabic and spoken varieties.
• The pronunciation en-naʔʔāsh ʿando ed-dehān is specifically Egyptian-style.
• In Standard Arabic, the same words may be pronounced differently, especially ق, which is usually q in careful Standard pronunciation rather than a glottal stop.

So the spelling works broadly, but the pronunciation and everyday feel here are Egyptian.

You would change عنده to عندها if you mean she has.

So:

النقاشة عندها الدهان
= The female painter has the paint

Here:

• النقاشة = the female painter
• عندها = she has

In Egyptian Arabic, profession words often change form when referring to a woman.

A natural Egyptian negative would be:

النقاش ماعندوش الدهان
= The painter doesn’t have the paint

This uses the common Egyptian negative pattern:

• ما...ش

So:

• عنده = he has
• ماعندوش = he doesn’t have

This is a very useful pattern to learn in Egyptian Arabic.

Yes, depending on context, دهان can sometimes refer to painting, paintwork, or the coating/finish, not only the liquid paint itself.

But in a sentence like النقاش عنده الدهان, the most natural reading is the paint/material.

So for a learner, the safest understanding here is:

الدهان = the paint