Where does “mastaba” come from?

mastaba (English) comes from Arabic مَصْطَبَة, from Aramaic מצטבתא, from Hebrew מצב, from Hebrew מַצָּב — shape, situation, state.

mastaba (English): A wide stone bench built into the wall of a...

Definitions

  1. A wide stone bench built into the wall of a...

Ancestry of “mastaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَصْطَبَة—
2Aramaicמצטבתא—
3Hebrewמצבa shape, a situation, a state
4Hebrewמַצָּבshape, situation, state
Every word from Hebrew מַצָּב →Every word from Hebrew מצב →Every word from Aramaic מצטבתא →