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طَبَخ

to cook /ˈtˤa.ba.xa/

verbB1#2656 most common

Also: to prepare food by heat, to stew, to boil (food)

Example sentences

أُمّي تَطبُخُ الطَّعامَ.
My mother cooks the food.
طَبَخْتُ الأَرُزَّ أَمْسِ.
I cooked the rice yesterday.
هَل تَعرِفُ كَيفَ تَطبُخُ الدَّجاجَ؟
Do you know how to cook chicken?
طَبَخَتِ الجَدَّةُ وَجْبَةً لَذيذَةً لِلعائِلَةِ كُلِّها.
The grandmother cooked a delicious meal for the whole family.
يَجِبُ أَن تُطبَخَ الخُضْراواتُ عَلى نارٍ هادِئَةٍ حَتّى تَحتَفِظَ بِقيمَتِها الغِذائِيَّةِ.
Vegetables must be cooked on low heat so they keep their nutritional value.
تُعَدُّ دِقَّةُ الوَقتِ عامِلاً حاسِماً عِندَما تُطبَخُ الأَطباقُ التَّقليدِيَّةُ عَلى الطَّريقَةِ القَديمَةِ.
Precise timing becomes a decisive factor when traditional dishes are cooked the old way.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَطبُخُطَبَخْتُسَأَطبُخُ
2sgتَطبُخُطَبَخْتَسَتَطبُخُ
3sgيَطبُخُطَبَخَسَيَطبُخُ
1plنَطبُخُطَبَخْناسَنَطبُخُ
2plتَطبُخونَطَبَخْتُمسَتَطبُخونَ
3plيَطبُخونَطَبَخواسَيَطبُخونَ

Word family

طَبْخcooking (the act)
طَبّاخcook, chef
مَطبَخkitchen
مَطبوخcooked
طَبيخa cooked dish, stew

Etymology

طَبَخ comes from the Semitic root ط-ب-خ, a core triliteral root found across the Semitic language family with the general sense of preparing meat or food by heat. Classical Arabic dictionaries already list it with the same basic meaning it has today. The related noun طَبّاخ, 'cook,' and مَطبَخ, 'kitchen,' both derive from this same root.

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