مطفأة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from طَفِئَ (ṭafiʾa, to be extinguished) or the causative أَطْفَأَ (ʾaṭfaʾa, to extinguish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mitˁ.fa.ʔa/

Noun

مِطْفَأَة (miṭfaʾa) f (plural مَطَافِئ (maṭāfiʾ) or مِطْفَآت (miṭfaʾāt))

  1. firefighting equipment
  2. fire extinguisher
  3. fire engine

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Derived terms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), طفئ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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