How to say "restaurant" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningrestaurant
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَطْعَم
maṭʿamמטעם
مطعم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מסעדה
misadaمِيسَادَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ط-ع-مHebrew root
ט-ע-םArabic ṭ-ʿ-m 'taste, food' is Hebrew ט-ע-ם — the root behind טעם 'taste' and the biblical מטעמים 'delicacies'. A maṭʿam is literally a 'place of tasting'.
Related Hebrew word:מטעמיםmatamimمَاتَامِيم
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In a phrase
مَطْعَم مُمْتَاز
maṭʿam mumtāzמטעם ממתאזan excellent restaurant
Plural
مَطَاعِم
maṭāʿimמטאעםbroken plural maCāCiC — like مَدْرَسَة→مَدَارِس