How to say "district, zone" in Arabic
New wordMeaningdistrict, zone
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِنْطَقَة
minṭaqaמנטקה
منطقة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אזור
ezorإِزُور
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Arabic root
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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
مَنْطِقَة
manṭiʾaמנטאהCairo says manṭiʾa, with a in the first syllable and the qāf as a glottal stop.
In a phrase
مِنْطَقَة هَادِئَة
minṭaqa hādiʾaמנטקה האדאהa quiet district
Plural
مَنَاطِق
manāṭiqמנאטקbroken plural maCāCiC