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Parts of the body

Levantine Arabic Dialects


English translation:
Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin

English translation:
Body, shoulder, shoulders, back, chest, stomach, thigh, thighs, knee, knees, foot, feet, hand, hands, finger, fingers/fingers, neck, ear, ears, skin

English translation:
Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arm, arms, back, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hands, fingers, skin

English translation:
Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arms, back, stomach, foot, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin

Egyptian Arabic Dialects


English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the leg, the legs (also used for foot and feet), the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin (only use to refer to body skin as there is another word for your face skin), hair, the nail, the nails

North African Arabic Dialects


English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails

English translation:
Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails

English translation:
Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails.

English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails

English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails

Other Dialects


English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails

English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the foot, the feet, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails

English translation:
The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, arm, hand, hands, stomach, tummy, leg, legs, knee, knees, finger, fingers, skin, skin, hair, nail, nails/nails, scapula, elbow, armpit, calf, bellybutton