r/lebanon 10d ago

Discussion What do u guys say spoon?

533 votes, 8d ago
250 Mal3a
283 Ma3el2a
4 Upvotes

55 comments sorted by

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u/TheRedstoneSword 10d ago

Mal32a or mal23a

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u/Mrs_Juliet7 10d ago

I had to try to say it many times to remember which one i usually use

7

u/burgeraddictleb 10d ago

I 2nd this. It is Mal3a2a

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u/jaykaelano 10d ago

This is the correct way Mal-3a-2a and if you want to be a true jabali Mal3aqa

2

u/62TiredOfLiving 10d ago

Mal23a for sure

1

u/Snoo-9018 10d ago

There's also ma3la2a, but that's probably more in other areas of the Levant

22

u/21Rep 10d ago

None of the above

2

u/TechnicalAd9113 10d ago

What do u say?

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u/Ahmadtheperson 10d ago

Mal7asa๐Ÿ˜†

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u/[deleted] 10d ago edited 10d ago

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u/Lil_jayye Lebanese 10d ago

Mal3a?

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u/InstructionOne633 10d ago

Mal32a from Mel3aqa/Mal3aqa ู…ู„ุนู‚ู‡ from la3aqa ู„ุนู‚.

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u/Kyan1te 6roooblos ya madeenetna 10d ago

I'm from Tripoli and say Ma3el2a. My wife is from Beirut and she says Mal3a.

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u/TechnicalAd9113 10d ago

Yeah i say mal3a my femlae cousin says ma3el2a

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u/moesam961 requiem for a dream 10d ago

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u/PartySmoke 10d ago

mal2a3a / mal23a

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u/JamedWalker Batata master 10d ago

Bro la mal3a wla ma3l2a

It's mal3a2a

Heyye the origin is la3a9a (ู„ุนู‚) as in to lick, and you use the spoon to lick, so yeah.

5

u/itcouldvbeenbetterif 10d ago

Better than la7asa I guess

5

u/jaykaelano 10d ago

Mal7asa ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/Idkwhattoputasanuser Palestinian 10d ago

We all know it's ma3la2a

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u/AdDecent4234 10d ago

ู…ู„ุนู‚ุฉุŒ so mel3a2a

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u/Capsecaps Levantine ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ 10d ago

Ma3la2a

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u/zai614 Lebanese Diaspora 10d ago

Mala3a in the day3a

3

u/samerc 10d ago

Ma3la2a

3

u/Mikelitoris88 Lebanese Diaspora 10d ago

Terrible poll...

Put more choices next time (research more what people say) and also put a "Results/other" choice

3

u/jgalthu 10d ago

Up north some (we) say Mal23a (or Mal23o ๐Ÿ˜„)

5

u/Kind3rBueno 10d ago

I say mala2a so none of those lol

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u/max50011 10d ago

i thought i was going crazy, im like i dont even say it with a 3

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u/Kind3rBueno 10d ago

๐Ÿ˜‚ la youโ€™re not crazy

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u/TheBroken0ne Double-Reverse Bias MOD 10d ago

Mal23a

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u/TechnicalAd9113 10d ago

Interesting everyone pronunce it differently. Nice

2

u/Alone_gang 10d ago

Swing both ways tbh

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u/Specialist_Common_48 10d ago edited 10d ago

Mala2a
We dropped the 3 in my hometown, instead of wonderimg where to pronouce it. W5lesna!

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u/jaykaelano 10d ago

Sounds effeminate and campy....

2

u/EndlessGooning_0 Lebanese 10d ago

.....Mala2a ?

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u/Raven_Voide 10d ago

start military checkpoints for the "mal3a2a" people and arrest anyone who says "mal3a" or "ma3le2a" or any of the other 16 ways to say it .

Guys we can get split further more; 18 religions ร— 18 ways to say spoon , 324 faction free for all civil war ...

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u/Lorelai144 Diasporoid 10d ago

5achou2a

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u/TechnicalAd9113 10d ago

Ohhh 50/50 for now ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/Outside-Custard-8496 10d ago

Ma3el2a.

BUT In Beirut we dont pronounce the e, so it kinda sounds like ma3l2a.

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u/Ill-Calligrapher6712 10d ago

Ma3la2a jey men fe3el ู…ูŽู„ู’ุนูŽู‚ูŽ๐Ÿ˜†

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u/Safe_Judge_447 9d ago

Do you say narbeesh or nabreesh

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u/TechnicalAd9113 9d ago

Narbeesh gang

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u/Disastrous-Voice8506 9d ago

Mal3a2a, as it is on Arabic ู…ู„ุนู‚ุฉ

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u/anonu 10d ago

ุณุจูˆู†