How to say "machine" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmachine
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
آلَة
ālaאלה
آلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מכונה
mekhonaمِخُونَا
How the two words are related
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No Hebrew relative — but āla is a workhorse of a word: آلة موسيقية is a musical instrument, آلة حاسبة a calculator, آلة تصوير a camera.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَاكَنَة
makanaמאכנהCairo's everyday machine is a makana, from Italian macchina.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مَاكِينَة
mākīnaמאכינהDarija: mākīna, the same Italian loan.
In a phrase
آلَة الْقَهْوَة جَدِيدَة
ālat al-qahwa jadīdaאלת אל-קהוה ג'דידהThe coffee machine is new.
Plural
آلَات
ālātאלאתsound feminine plural -āt.