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/

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

Declension of noun نَافِذَة (nāfiḏa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَافِذَة nāfiḏa	النَّافِذَة an-nāfiḏa	نَافِذَة nāfiḏat
Nominative	نَافِذَةٌ nāfiḏatun	النَّافِذَةُ an-nāfiḏatu	نَافِذَةُ nāfiḏatu
Accusative	نَافِذَةً nāfiḏatan	النَّافِذَةَ an-nāfiḏata	نَافِذَةَ nāfiḏata
Genitive	نَافِذَةٍ nāfiḏatin	النَّافِذَةِ an-nāfiḏati	نَافِذَةِ nāfiḏati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَافِذَتَيْن nāfiḏatayn	النَّافِذَتَيْن an-nāfiḏatayn	نَافِذَتَيْ nāfiḏatay
Nominative	نَافِذَتَانِ nāfiḏatāni	النَّافِذَتَانِ an-nāfiḏatāni	نَافِذَتَا nāfiḏatā
Accusative	نَافِذَتَيْنِ nāfiḏatayni	النَّافِذَتَيْنِ an-nāfiḏatayni	نَافِذَتَيْ nāfiḏatay
Genitive	نَافِذَتَيْنِ nāfiḏatayni	النَّافِذَتَيْنِ an-nāfiḏatayni	نَافِذَتَيْ nāfiḏatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَافِذ nawāfiḏ	النَّوَافِذ an-nawāfiḏ	نَوَافِذ nawāfiḏ
Nominative	نَوَافِذُ nawāfiḏu	النَّوَافِذُ an-nawāfiḏu	نَوَافِذُ nawāfiḏu
Accusative	نَوَافِذَ nawāfiḏa	النَّوَافِذَ an-nawāfiḏa	نَوَافِذَ nawāfiḏa
Genitive	نَوَافِذَ nawāfiḏa	النَّوَافِذِ an-nawāfiḏi	نَوَافِذِ nawāfiḏi

See also

• شُبَّاك m (šubbāk), meaning window in many dialects
• كُوَّة (kuwwa, “peephole”), meaning window in Mauritania
• طَاقَة (ṭāqa, “window”), of scattered distribution
• Gulf Arabic دريشة (darīša, “window”)
• Libyan Arabic روشن (rōšan, “window”)
• Moroccan Arabic شرجب (šarjab, “window”)