# zabaleen

**Pronunciation:** ZABALEEN

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Zabaleen means one of a minority religious community of Coptic Christians who work as Cairo's informal garbage collectors.

## Examples

- The article uses zabaleen to mean one of a minority religious community of Coptic Christians who work as Cairo's....
- The teacher asked students to find zabaleen in the reading.
- Check the words around zabaleen to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the zabaleen — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a zabaleen.
- zabaleen in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked zabaleen in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- zabaleen example — The teacher gave a zabaleen example.
- zabaleen meaning — We checked the zabaleen meaning before moving on.

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