Where does “مَصْطَبَة” come from?
مَصْطَبَة (Arabic) comes from Aramaic מצטבתא, from Hebrew מצב, from Hebrew מַצָּב — shape, situation, state.
Ancestry of “مَصْطَبَة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aramaic | מצטבתא | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | מצב | a shape, a situation, a state |
| 3 | Hebrew | מַצָּב | shape, situation, state |