An interesting feature of life in the Gulf countries is Arab vanity license plate numbers. It's a phenomenon not only in the Gulf, but particularly in the Gulf it's a huge thing. If you are well-to-do and buy an amazing, expensive car - that's not enough! Your car won't be worth that much unless you slap an exclusive number plate.
There are many auctions taking place where you can buy special number plates - the smaller the number, the bigger the boss you are :-))
The interesting thing is that not only Arabs are into such special numbers. A few years back an Indian businessman created history when he bought the number plate D-5 for Dh33 million (about US$ 9 million), which is still the most expensive number plate in Dubai.
By the way, the guy speaks Gulf Arabic (wink wink). Check his interview with Al Rai Kuwaiti channel.
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أرقام لوحات مميزة
argaam looHaat mumayyaza - special number plates
where
مميزة
mumayyaza - special (fem.)
لوحات
looHat - plates (also boards, paintings)
رقم
ragm - number (plural: أرقام argaam)
Usually you would just say 'car numbers' instead of 'number plates':
(2) أرقام سيارات مميزة
argaam sayyaaraat mumayyaza - special car numbers
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