How to say "museum" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmuseum
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَتْحَف
matḥafמתחף
متحف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מוזיאון
muze'onمُوزِئُون
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ت-ح-فNo Hebrew relative — Hebrew מוזיאון is its own European import (Greek mouseion, 'shrine of the Muses'), while Arabic built متحف natively from تُحْفَة 'masterpiece, curio': literally 'a place of precious things'.
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In a phrase
مَتْحَف كَبِير
matḥaf kabīrמתחף כבירa big museum
Plural
مَتَاحِف
matāḥifמתאחףbroken plural maCāCiC — like مَكْتَب→مَكَاتِب