مفتاح

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb فَتَحَ‎ (fataḥa, “to open”). Compare Hebrew מַפְתֵּחַ‎ (maftéakh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mif.taːħ/
  • (file)
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /muf.taːħ/

Noun

مِفْتَاح • (miftāḥ) m (plural مَفَاتِيح‎ (mafātīḥ) or مَفَاتِح‎ (mafātiḥ))

  1. key (to a door)
    Synonym: مِفْتَح‎ (miftaḥ)
  2. key (on a piano or other keyboard instrument)
    ‏لَوْحَة مَفَاتِيح‎
    lawḥa(t) mafātīḥ
    keyboard
  3. (figuratively) key
    ‏مِفْتَاح السَّعَادة‎
    miftāḥ as-saʕāda
    Key of Happiness

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: مفتاح‎
  • Egyptian Arabic: مفتاح‎ (muftāḥ)
  • Hijazi Arabic: مفتاح‎ (muftāḥ)
  • Maltese: muftieħ
  • Moroccan Arabic: مفتاح‎ (muftāḥ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِفْتَاح‎ (miftāḥ, “key”).

Noun

مفتاح • (miftah) (plural مفاتح‎)

  1. key, an object designed to open and close a lock
    Synonyms: آناختار‎ (anahtar), كلید‎ (kilid)

Descendants

  • Turkish: miftah

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ت ح‎

Etymology

From Arabic مِفْتَاح‎ (miftāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muf.taːħ/, [mʊfˈtæːħ]
  • (file)

Noun

مفتاح • (muftāḥ) m (plural مفاتيح‎ (mafātīḥ))

  1. key
  2. electrical switch
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