How to say "market stall, spread-out display (Arabic → Israeli Hebrew: shuk stall)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmarket stall, spread-out display (Arabic → Israeli Hebrew: shuk stall)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَسْطَة
basṭaבסטה
بسطة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בסטה
bastaبَاسْتَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ب-س-طLiterally 'a spreading-out' — goods laid flat before the buyer, from basaṭa, 'to spread'. It is the very root of מבסוט: the shuk stall and the contented customer are family, and every Israeli market still runs on בסטות.
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In a phrase
كُلّ شَيْء عَلَى الْبَسْطَة
kull shayʾ ʿalā l-basṭaכל שיא עלא אל-בסטהeverything is on the stall
Plural
بَسْطَات
basṭātבסטאתsound feminine plural -āt
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