How to say "square" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsquare
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُرَبَّع
murabbaʿמרבע
مربع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מרובע
merubaمِرُوبَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ب-عHebrew root
ר-ב-עBuilt the same way in both languages, straight off the number four: Arabic murabbaʿ and Hebrew meruba (מרובע) both mean 'made four-sided' — a square is just 'foured', root ר-ב-ע/ر-ب-ع in both tongues.
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In a phrase
طَاوِلَة مُرَبَّعَة
ṭāwila murabbaʿaטאולה מרבעהa square table
Plural
مُرَبَّعَات
murabbaʿātמרבעאתsound feminine plural -āt
Feminine
مُرَبَّعَة
murabbaʿaמרבעהMore words from this root
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