مطبعة

From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه‎ (matbaʾa), a noun of place from the root ط ب ع‎ (ṭ-b-ʕ). Printing did not start in the Arab world until Napoléon brought a printing press to Egypt in 1798, whereas the Ottomans had first private tries from 1726 (it did not become widescale until the next century).

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.ba.ʕa/

مَطْبَعَة • (maṭbaʕa) f (plural مَطَابِع‎ (maṭābiʕ))

1. printery, printing press, print shop, any place that prints

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)