نافذة

Meaning

1. opening in a wall, air hole
2. window
3. window

Concepts

window

🪟

casement

porthole

Synonyms

شباك

كوة

Translations

fenêtre

🪟

janela

🪟

venster

🪟

ventana

🪟

παράθυρο

Fenster

🪟

fenestra

🪟

finestra

🪟

raam

🪟

pencere

🪟

finestra

🪟

fenèstra

ruit

پهنجهره

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naː.fi.ða/

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.