Arabic

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Etymology

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Noun of place from the verb طَارَ (ṭāra, to fly), from the root ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَطَار (maṭārm (plural مَطَارَات (maṭārāt))

  1. airport, airfield
    • 2021 June 15, “تحذير لتركيا من تولي هذه المهمة.. طالبان ترفض تأمين الناتو مطار كابل وقتلى بهجوم شرقي البلاد”, in Al Jazeera[1]:
      أَعْلَنَتْ حَرَكَةُ طَالِبَانَ ٱلْأَفْغَانِيَّةُ أَنَّهَا تَعْتَبِرُ قَرَارَ حِلْفِ شَمَالِ ٱلْأَطْلَسِيِّ "نَاتُو" (NATO) إِبْقَاءَ قُوَّاتِهِ لِتَأْمِينِ مَطَارِ كَابُلَ ٱلدُّوَلِيِّ ٱسْتِمْرَارًا لِٱحْتِلَالِ أَفْغَانِسْتَانَ، []
      ʔaʕlanat ḥarakatu ṭālibāna l-ʔafḡāniyyatu ʔannahā taʕtabiru qarāra ḥilfi šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyyi "nātū" (NATO) ʔibqāʔa quwwātihi litaʔmīni maṭāri kābula d-duwaliyyi stimrāran liḥtilāli ʔafḡānistāna, []
      The Taliban declared that it considers the decision of the NATO to keep its forces to secure Kabul International Airport as a continuation of the occupation of Afghanistan. []

Declension

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References

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

North Levantine Arabic

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Noun

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مطار (maṭār)

  1. airport

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ط ي ر
4 terms
 
أوّل مطار في فلسطين انفتح بالقدسthe first airport in Palestine opened in Jerusalem

Etymology

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From Arabic مَطَار (maṭār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.tˤaːr/, [maˈtˤɑːrˤ]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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مطار (maṭārm (plural مطارات (maṭārāt))

  1. airport

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