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| Audio with Theyab's pronunciation |
When Dana was a child she had more sha:ar than now (ya:anii she could have
salvaged global baldness) but looking mithil a member-in-waiting of the Jackson 5
proved useful in awkward social situations. Join a new school half way
through the year? Hide behind hair. Don't want to get picked for football?
Hide behind hair. See that boy she likes? Grow a fringe - and ikhtif-ay!
Today she has less reason to hide. Hell, she's a CEO. But if when shopping
she happens to spot firqat miami* at The Avenues Mall, she returns to that
prepubescent mistaHiyyah self.
| شعر | sha:ar | Hair |
| يعني | ya:anii | Like / it means |
| مثل | mithil | Like / similar to |
| اختفي! | ikhtif-ay! | Disappear (to a female) |
| فرقة | firqah | Group |
| مستحي، مستحية | mistaHii, mistaHiyyah | Shy (m/f adj.) |
| تقدر | tigdr | Do you want to |
| تسجلي | tsajil-ii | Record for me |
| صوتك | Sawt-ik | Your voice (to a male) |
| مابي | maabi | I don’t want to |
*firkat miami were a Kuwaiti singing sensation from the nineties, charming many
kuwaitiyyaat (Kuwaiti girls) and making shiyaab (old men) say: "Taa: hadhool,
maa yastiHuun :ala wayih-hum!" ("Look at them, they have no shame!")
