نافذة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ف ذ (n-f-ḏ), verb نَفَذَ (nafaḏa, to pierce). An invention of the late 19th-century to mean “window” in literary Arabic. See below for dialect terms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.fi.ða/
  • (file)

Noun

نَافِذَة • (nāfiḏa) f (plural نَوَافِذ (nawāfiḏ))

  1. (obsolete or strictly dialectal) opening in a wall, air hole
  2. window
    النَّوَافِذُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ.
    an-nawāfiḏu maftūḥatun.
    The windows are open.
  3. (graphical user interface) window

Declension

See also

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