How to say “number” in Egyptian Arabic

The word is nimra (نِمْرَة). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.

نِمْرَة

noun

number (phone, room, platform)

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In a sentence

نِمْرِةْ التِّلِيفُون كَام؟

What's the phone number?

نِمْرِةْ الرِّحْلَة كَام؟

What's the flight number?

نِمْرِتَك كَام يَا كَرِيم؟

What's your number, Karim?

نِمْرِةْ الرِّحْلَة تَلَاتَة، سَبْعَة، اِتْنِين.

The flight number is three, seven, two.

الدُّور التَّالِت، نِمْرَة سِتَّة.

The third floor, number six.

رَصِيف نِمْرَة تَلَاتَة.

Platform three.

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