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حاسُوب

computer /ħaːˈsuːb/

nounB1#1547 most common

Also: computing machine

Example sentences

هَذا حاسوب.
This is a computer.
عِندي حاسوب جَديد.
I have a new computer.
أَعمَل عَلى حاسوبي كُلَّ يَوم.
I work on my computer every day.
اِشتَرَت الشَّرِكة حَواسيب حَديثة لِمُوَظَّفيها.
The company bought modern computers for its employees.
لا يَستَطيع الحاسوب أَن يَفهَم المَشاعِر الإنسانِيّة.
The computer cannot understand human emotions.
تَعتَمِد البُنوك عَلى حَواسيب فائِقة السُّرعة لِمُعالَجة مَلايين المُعامَلات يَومِيًّا.
Banks rely on high-speed computers to process millions of transactions daily.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeحاسوبٌحَواسيبُ
Genitiveحاسوبٍحَواسيبَ
Accusativeحاسوبًاحَواسيبَ
Vocativeيا حاسوبُيا حَواسيبُ

Word family

حِسابarithmetic, account
حاسِبةcalculator
مُحاسِبaccountant
حَسَبَto count, calculate
مُحاسَبةaccounting, reckoning

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root ح-س-ب (ḥ-s-b), meaning to count, reckon, or calculate. It follows the فاعول (fāʿūl) pattern, which often forms nouns of instrument or intense action. Language academies coined it in the twentieth century to name the computer, choosing a native form over the borrowed كمبيوتر.

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