Where does “مصطبه” come from?
مصطبه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic مَصْطَبَة, from Aramaic מצטבתא, from Hebrew מצב, from Hebrew מַצָּב — shape, situation, state.
مصطبه (Ottoman Turkish): mastaba, a wide, stone bench built into the external wall of a house, shop etc
Definitions
- mastaba, a wide, stone bench built into the external wall of a house, shop etc