Etymology

mastaba

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Today it means: A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East. Full definition →

Arabic مَصْطَبَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمَصْطَبَة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromمَصْطَبَة
  3. English todaymastaba

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْطَبَة (maṣṭaba).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.