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نَافِذَة

opening in a wall

Noun · feminineRoot ن-ف-ذ

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Plural
نَوَافِذ

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
to pierce
Noun
نُفُوذ
penetration
Adjective
نَفُوذ
penetrating
Noun
مَنْفَذ
outlet
Noun
نَفَاذ
penetration

نَافِذَة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. opening in a wall, air hole
  2. window
    النَّوَافِذُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ.The windows are open.
  3. window

Word origin

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.

Words from the root ن-ف-ذ

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نَفَذَ · present يَنْفُذُ

to pierce, to penetrate; to pass through

نُفُوذ
Verbal noun
penetration
نَفَاذ
Verbal noun
penetration
نَافِذ
Active participle
مَنْفُوذ
Passive participle
Derived noun
opening in a wall
مَنْفَذ
Derived noun
outlet
تَنَفَّذَ · present يَتَنَفَّذُ

to be executed, to be implemented

تَنَفُّذ
Verbal noun
مُتَنَفِّذ
Active participle
نَفُوذ
Adjective
penetrating
نَفَّاذ
Adjective
penetrating
إِنْفَاذ
Noun · m.
carrying out

نَافِذَة: plural and other forms

Singularنَافِذَة
Pluralنَوَافِذ

نَافِذَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

window

النَّوَافِذُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ.The windows are open.

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