How to say "printer" in Arabic
CognateMeaningprinter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
طَابِعَة
ṭābiʿaטאבעה
طابعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מדפסת
madpesetمَادْپِسِت
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ط-ب-عHebrew root
ט-ב-עṭābiʿa, 'printer', is the active participle of ṭabaʿa, 'to stamp, imprint, print' — precisely Hebrew ט-ב-ע, the root behind טֶבַע 'nature' (literally 'the stamped-in character of a thing') and מַטְבֵּעַ 'coin' (a disc stamped with an image). Printing, nature, and currency turn out to share one root in both languages: all three are about the stamp that gives something its character.
Related Hebrew word:מטבעmatbeaمَتْبِيَا
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In a phrase
الطَّابِعَة لَا تَطْبَع
aṭ-ṭābiʿa lā taṭbaʿא-טאבעה לא תטבעThe printer isn't printing.
Plural
طَابِعَات
ṭābiʿātטאבעאתsound feminine plural -āt.