How to say "classroom" in Arabic
New wordMeaningclassroom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غُرْفَة الصَّفّ
ghurfat aṣ-ṣaffע'רפת א-צף
غرفة الصف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כיתה
kitaكِيتَا
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Arabic root
غ-ر-فHebrew כיתה means both the group of pupils and their room. Arabic separates them: ṣaff is the class, ghurfat aṣ-ṣaff the room — though in speech ṣaff alone usually covers both.
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غُرْفَة الصَّفّ نَظِيفَة
ghurfat aṣ-ṣaff naẓīfaע'רפת א-צף נט'יפהThe classroom is clean.
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