mastaba

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, bench).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmæstəbə/, sometimes /mæˈstaːbə/

Noun

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mastaba (plural mastabas)

  1. A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
    • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1963, page 68:
      A wooden shutter which closes down at night-time, and by day two palm-stick stools intensely dirty and full of fleas, occupying the place of the Mastabah or earthern bench, which accomodated[sic] purchasers, complete the furniture of my preceptor's establishment.
  2. (architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
    The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, bench).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑs.taː.baː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mas‧ta‧ba

Noun

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mastaba f (plural mastaba's)

  1. a mastaba (ancient Egyptian tomb structure)

French

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Noun

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mastaba m (plural mastabas)

  1. mastaba

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, bench).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.sta.ba/
  • Rhymes: -astaba
  • Hyphenation: mà‧sta‧ba

Noun

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mastaba f (plural mastabe)

  1. mastaba

Polish

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mastaba

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /masˈta.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: mas‧ta‧ba

Noun

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mastaba f

  1. (archaeology) mastaba (rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land)

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Further reading

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  • mastaba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mastaba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mastaba in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

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Noun

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mastaba f (plural mastabas)

  1. mastaba

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