How to say "rectangle" in Arabic

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Meaningrectangle

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مُسْتَطِيل

mustaṭīlמסתטיל

مستطيل

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מלבן

malbenمَالْبِن

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ط-و-ل

Hebrew's own word, malben (מלבן), literally means 'brick-shaped' — from לבנה, 'brick' — a completely different image than Arabic's 'elongated' (from the same root as طويل, 'long').

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In a phrase

بَاب مُسْتَطِيل

bāb mustaṭīlבאב מסתטיל

a rectangular door

Plural

مُسْتَطِيلَات

mustaṭīlātמסתטילאת

sound feminine plural -āt

Feminine

مُسْتَطِيلَة

mustaṭīlaמסתטילה

More words from this root

long, tallṭawīlطَوِيلארוך
lengthṭūlطُولאורך