How to say "engine, motor" in Arabic
New wordMeaningengine, motor
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُحَرِّك
muḥarrikמחרך
محرك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מנוע
manoaمَانُوَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ح-ر-كNo Hebrew relative for מנוע (its own root is נ-ו-ע, 'to shake, wander') — but muḥarrik, 'the mover, that which causes motion', is an active participle straight from ح-ر-ك 'to move'. The same root gives ḥaraka, both 'a movement' and the word for a vowel-mark — the thing that 'moves' a bare consonant into a sound.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مُوتُور
mutōrמותורCairo's engine is a mutōr.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مُوطُور
mūṭūrמוטורFrom French moteur: mūṭūr.
In a phrase
الْمُحَرِّك لَا يَعْمَل
al-muḥarrik lā yaʿmalאל-מחרך לא יעמלThe engine isn't working.
Plural
مُحَرِّكَات
muḥarrikātמחרכאתsound plural -āt (used for machines).