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English
Etymology
From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæstəbə/, sometimes /mæˈstaːbə/
Noun
mastaba (plural mastabas)
- A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1963, page 68:A wooden shutter which closes down at night-time, and by day two palm-stick stools intensely dirty and full of fleas, occupying the place of the Mastabah or earthern bench, which accomodated[sic] purchasers, complete the furniture of my preceptor's establishment.
- (architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
- The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.
Translations
rectangular tomb structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides
- Catalan: mastaba (ca) f
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- Dutch: mastaba (nl) f
- Egyptian: (jz m)
- Finnish: mastaba (fi)
- French: mastaba (fr) f
- Galician: mastaba (gl) f
- German: Mastaba (de) f
- Greek: μασταμπάς (el) m (mastampás)
- Italian: mastaba (it) f
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- Polish: mastaba (pl) f
- Portuguese: mastaba f
- Russian: маста́ба (ru) f (mastába)
- Spanish: mastaba (es) f
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑs.taː.baː/
- Hyphenation: mas‧ta‧ba
Noun
mastaba f (plural mastaba's)
- A mastaba (ancient Egyptian tomb structure).
French
Pronunciation
Noun
mastaba m (plural mastabas)
- mastaba
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Italian
Etymology
From Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mastaba f (plural mastabe)
- mastaba
Spanish
Noun
mastaba f (plural mastabas)
- mastaba
Further reading