درجة الحرارة واطية.

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

darajet il-ḥarāra wāṭye

You may also hear something closer to:

darjet il-ḥarāra wāṭye

A few quick notes:

• ḥ = a strong h sound from the throat
• ṭ = an emphatic t
• wāṭye sounds roughly like WAT-yeh, but shorter and tighter

Also, in fast everyday speech, vowels often get reduced, so darajet can sound like darjet.

No. Here, the و is just part of the word واطية.

So:

• و by itself can mean and
• but in واطية, it is not a separate word

The adjective is واطي / واطية, meaning low.

Because in Arabic, especially in the present tense, to be is usually not said.

So:

• درجة الحرارة واطية = The temperature is low
• literally: temperature low

This is completely normal in Levantine and in Arabic generally for present-time statements.

If you wanted the past, then you would use a verb, for example:

• درجة الحرارة كانت واطية = The temperature was low

Because درجة ends in ة (taa marbuuTa), and when a word like this is followed by another noun in a possessive-type construction, that ة is pronounced.

So:

• on its own, درجة may sound like daraje
• in درجة الحرارة, it becomes darajet / darjet

That is because this is an iDaafa construction: درجة الحرارة = the temperature degree / the temperature reading.

Because درجة الحرارة is an iDaafa construction, a very common Arabic noun phrase pattern.

In an iDaafa:

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

So:

• درجة الحرارة = the temperature
• not الدرجة الحرارة

A rough literal breakdown is:

• درجة = degree
• الحرارة = the heat / the temperature

Together: درجة الحرارة = temperature level / temperature

Because the adjective agrees with the noun phrase in gender.

The head noun here is درجة, and درجة is feminine. So the adjective must also be feminine:

• masculine: واطي
• feminine: واطية

That is why you get:

• درجة الحرارة واطية

not:

• درجة الحرارة واطي

Because it is the predicate adjective in a sentence like X is Y.

In Arabic, predicate adjectives are usually indefinite, even when the subject is definite.

So:

• درجة الحرارة = the temperature
• واطية = low

This is the normal pattern:

• البيت كبير = The house is big
• الأكلة طيبة = The food is good
• درجة الحرارة واطية = The temperature is low

So الواطية would sound wrong here.

Yes, very often you can.

• درجة الحرارة واطية sounds a bit fuller and more explicit
• الحرارة واطية is shorter and very natural in conversation if the meaning is clear from context

So both are possible, but:

• درجة الحرارة واطية is a little more exact
• الحرارة واطية is more casual and direct

This is colloquial Levantine-style Arabic.

The word واطية is very natural in speech. In more formal or Modern Standard Arabic, you would more likely hear something like:

• درجة الحرارة منخفضة

That also means the temperature is low, but it sounds more formal, like news, writing, or school Arabic.

So a good way to think about it is:

• درجة الحرارة واطية = everyday spoken Levantine
• درجة الحرارة منخفضة = more formal / MSA

Not always.

درجة الحرارة واطية specifically talks about the temperature being low. It sounds like a statement about the level or reading of the temperature.

If you mean the weather is cold or it feels cold, Levantine speakers will often say:

• الجو بارد = The weather is cold
• الدنيا برد or similar expressions, depending on area and style

So:

• درجة الحرارة واطية = the temperature is low
• الجو بارد = it’s cold / the weather is cold

They are related, but not used in exactly the same way.