38 New Expression: ishTa اِشطة !!!

اِشطة (ishTa)

Although the literal meaning of “ishta” is “milk cream”, it is often used as an idiomatic expression which means “Cool!”.  It is used as an exclamation after hearing good news or expressing enthusiasm.

IshTa!

See absurd video on “Escape from the castle of ” Syyid ‘Ishta!” (Mr. ‘Ishta’)

 

 

 

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Introduction to Arabic: Egyptian Arabic for first-year students Copyright © 2023 by David Hollenberg; Amira Ghazy; Abdulrahman Eissa; Hanan Elsherif; Benjamin Loy; and Kerlos Rizk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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