itijaah

'Need itijaahaat (it-ee-jah-haat)?' a voice asked.
I turned to see a policeman.
'Yes!' I said, realising he probably had been watching me dither for a while. 'Which itijaah is SoMu from here?'
The cop looked confused. '...SoMu?'
'kaan qa9dii (kaan kus-dee) South Mubarikiyah.' 
He pointed. 'al-januub minaak.' (al-janoob min-ack)
It was as good an answer as any.

Arabic	Arabish	English
إتجاه	itijaah	a direction
إتجاهات	itijaahaat	directions
كان قصدي	kaan qa9dii	I meant to say
الجنوب	al-januub	the south
مناك	minaak	over there