How to say "seat" in Arabic

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Meaningseat

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مَقْعَد

maqʿadמקעד

مقعد

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מושב

moshavمُوشَاڤ

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Arabic root

ق-ع-د

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Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

بْلَاصَة
blāṣaבלאצה

Darija blāṣa, from French place, is a seat or a spot: kayna blāṣa? — is there room?

In a phrase

مَقْعَد مُرِيح
maqʿad murīḥמקעד מריח

a comfortable seat

Plural

مَقَاعِد
maqāʿidמקאעד

broken plural maCāCiC — like مَكْتَب→مَكَاتِب

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