كاوتش

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caucciù (“caoutchouc”).

Noun

كاوتش • (kawetš) m (collective, singulative كاوتشة f (kawetša), paucal كاوتشات (kawetšāt))

  1. (collective) rubber
    1. (countable) a piece of rubber; a rubber covering, a tire

References
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 450–451
  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 769
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