مطبخ

Arabic

مَطْبَخ

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb طَبَخَ (ṭabaḵa), from the root ط ب خ (ṭ b ḵ). Compare with Hebrew מִטְבָּח (miṭbaḥ /⁠mitbákh⁠/)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.bax/

Noun

مَطْبَخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مَطَابِخ (maṭābiḵ))

1. kitchen
2. cuisine, style of cooking

Declension

Declension of noun مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَطْبَخ maṭbaḵ	الْمَطْبَخ al-maṭbaḵ	مَطْبَخ maṭbaḵ
nominative	مَطْبَخٌ maṭbaḵun	الْمَطْبَخُ al-maṭbaḵu	مَطْبَخُ maṭbaḵu
accusative	مَطْبَخًا maṭbaḵan	الْمَطْبَخَ al-maṭbaḵa	مَطْبَخَ maṭbaḵa
genitive	مَطْبَخٍ maṭbaḵin	الْمَطْبَخِ al-maṭbaḵi	مَطْبَخِ maṭbaḵi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَطْبَخَيْن maṭbaḵayn	الْمَطْبَخَيْن al-maṭbaḵayn	مَطْبَخَيْ maṭbaḵay
nominative	مَطْبَخَانِ maṭbaḵāni	الْمَطْبَخَانِ al-maṭbaḵāni	مَطْبَخَا maṭbaḵā
accusative	مَطْبَخَيْنِ maṭbaḵayni	الْمَطْبَخَيْنِ al-maṭbaḵayni	مَطْبَخَيْ maṭbaḵay
genitive	مَطْبَخَيْنِ maṭbaḵayni	الْمَطْبَخَيْنِ al-maṭbaḵayni	مَطْبَخَيْ maṭbaḵay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَطَابِخ maṭābiḵ	الْمَطَابِخ al-maṭābiḵ	مَطَابِخ maṭābiḵ
nominative	مَطَابِخُ maṭābiḵu	الْمَطَابِخُ al-maṭābiḵu	مَطَابِخُ maṭābiḵu
accusative	مَطَابِخَ maṭābiḵa	الْمَطَابِخَ al-maṭābiḵa	مَطَابِخَ maṭābiḵa
genitive	مَطَابِخَ maṭābiḵa	الْمَطَابِخِ al-maṭābiḵi	مَطَابِخِ maṭābiḵi

Descendants

• Maltese: matbaħ, mitbaħ
• → Azerbaijani: mətbəx
• → Lishana Deni: מטבך (maṭbax)
• → Turkish: mutfak
  • → Ladino: mupak
  • → Macedonian: мутвак (mutvak)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mutvak

References

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

Azerbaijani

Noun

مطبخ (mətbəx) (definite accusative مطبخی (mətbəxi), plural مطبخلر (mətbəxlər))

1. Arabic spelling of mətbəx (“kitchen”)

Declension

Declension of مطبخ

	singular	plural
nominative	مطبخ	مطبخلر
definite accusative	مطبخی	مطبخلری
dative	مطبخه	مطبخلره
locative	مطبخده	مطبخلرده
ablative	مطبخدن	مطبخلردن
definite genitive	مطبخین	مطبخلرین

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ط ب خ
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.bax/ [ˈmɑtˤbɑx]

Noun

مطبخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مطابخ (maṭābiḵ))

1. kitchen

Descendants

• → Greek: μάτμπαχ (mátmpach) (Egyptiot Dialect)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط ب خ
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.bax/

Noun

مطبخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مطابخ (maṭābiḵ))

1. kitchen

   Synonym: (archaic) مركب (murakkab)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.bax/

Noun

مطبخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مطابخ (mṭābiḵ))

1. kitchen

   Synonym: كوزينة (kūzīna)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ب خ
3 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.bax/, [ˈmɑtˤ.bɑx]

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Noun

مطبخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مطابخ (maṭābeḵ))

1. kitchen