ميناء

Significado (Inglés)

port, harbor

Conceptos

puerto

refugio

Sinónimos

مرسى

بندر

مرفأ

mīnā

إسكلة

Traducciones

port

Hafen

port

porto

haven

harbor

harbour

liman

λιμάνι

λιμένας

haven

porto

port

portus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/miː.naːʔ/

Etimología (Inglés)

The form is a مِفْعال (mifʕāl) from the verb أَنَى (ʔanā, “to draw near”). Nevertheless, it is predominantly considered a loanword. Perhaps from Egyptian mjnwt (“harbor”) or mjnt (“mooring post”), related to Egyptian mjnj (“to moor”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbour”), whence also Hebrew נמל (nāmēl), with l- reinterpreted as the Arabic article.