How to say "closed" in Arabic
New wordMeaningclosed
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُغْلَق
mughlaqמע'לק
مغلق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סגור
sagurسَاگُور
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
غ-ل-قLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
مْسَكَّر
msakkarמסכרSpoken Levantine says msakkar — its root s-k-r is traditionally compared with Hebrew סכר, 'to dam up, stop', the word behind a modern סכר (dam).
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَقْفُول
maʾfūlמאפולCairo says maʾfūl, 'locked', for closed.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مسْدُود
mesdūdמסדודDarija says mesdūd, 'blocked', for closed.
In a phrase
الْمَحَلّ مُغْلَق الْيَوْم
al-maḥall mughlaq al-yawmאל-מחל מע'לק אל-יוםthe shop is closed today
Feminine
مُغْلَقَة
mughlaqaמע'לקה