مطحنة

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun of place from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَطْحَنَة (maṭḥanaf (plural مَطْحَنَات (maṭḥanāt) or مَطَاحِن (maṭāḥin))

  1. mill (the place where a miller works)
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Etymology 2

Tool noun from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِطْحَنَة (miṭḥanaf (plural مِطْحَنَات (miṭḥanāt) or مَطَاحِن (maṭāḥin))

  1. mill, grinder (the contrivance whereby milling is accomplished)
    2004 January 23, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “بدائل قانونية لمزارعي الكوكة البوليفيين”, in FAO Newsroom[1]:
    • ويضيف قائلاً: "لقد كانت مهمتنا في هذا المشروع هي إتاحة الفرص، وتحديد المعوقات وإزالتها بشكلٍ حاسم. فبالنسبة لأشجار آتشيوت على سبيل المثال، واجهنا مشكلةً خانقةً في استخراج البذور من القشور يدوياً. لكننا تمكنا من التغلب على ذلك من خلال إدخال مطاحن بسيطة."
      "Our job in the project has been to open up the opportunities, and, crucially, to identify and remove constraints," he adds. "For example, in the case of Achiote, we found a bottleneck in getting the seeds out of the husks by hand. By introducing simple mills, we were able to overcome that."
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