How to say "laboratory, lab" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglaboratory, lab
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُخْتَبَر
mukhtabarמח'תבר
مختبر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מעבדה
ma'abadaمَاءَابَادَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
خ-ب-ر'The place of testing', from ikhtabara, 'to test by experience' — the same root as khabar, 'news'. Hebrew מעבדה is 'the workshop', from ע-ב-ד, 'to work'.
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In a phrase
فِي مُخْتَبَر الْعُلُوم
fī mukhtabar al-ʿulūmפי מח'תבר אל-עלוםin the science lab
Plural
مُخْتَبَرَات
mukhtabarātמח'תבראתsound feminine plural -āt, usual for place nouns in mu-.
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