مطبعة

See also: مطبعه

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matbaʾa), a noun of place from the root ط ب ع (ṭ-b-ʿ). Printing did not start in the Arab world until Napoléon brought a printing press to Egypt in 1798, whereas the Ottomans had first private tries from 1726 (it did not become widescale until the next century).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matˤ.ba.ʕa/

Noun

مَطْبَعَة (maṭbaʿa) f (plural مَطَابِع (maṭābiʿ))

  1. printery, printing press, print shop, any place that prints

Declension

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