How to say "bolt (door bolt)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbolt (door bolt)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِزْلَاج
mizlājמזלאג'
مزلاج
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בריח
briakhبْرِيَاخ
How the two words are related
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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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
تُرْبَاس
turbāsתרבאסThe common spoken word for a door bolt; mizlāj is more formal.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تِرْبَاس
tirbāsתרבאסCairo says tirbās.
In a phrase
أَغْلَقَ الْبَاب بِالْمِزْلَاج
aghlaqa al-bāb bi-l-mizlājאע'לק אל-באב בא-ל-מזלאג'He bolted the door shut.
Plural
مَزَالِيج
mazālījמזאליג'broken plural maCāCīC — like مِفْتَاح→مَفَاتِيح