How to say "lamp" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglamp
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِصْبَاح
miṣbāḥמצבאח
مصباح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מנורה
menoraمِنُورَا
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Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
لَمْبَة
lambaלמבהThe everyday word for a lamp or bulb; miṣbāḥ is the storybook lamp.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
لَمْبَة
lambaלמבהIn a phrase
مِصْبَاح عَلَاء الدِّين
miṣbāḥ ʿalāʾ ad-dīnמצבאח עלאא א-דיןAladdin's lamp.