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كامِرا
camera /ˈkaː.mi.raː/
nounA2#819 most common
Also: video camera, still camera
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ كامِرا.
This is a camera.
اِشتَرَيْتُ كامِرا جَديدة.
I bought a new camera.
كامِرا هاتِفي تَلتَقِطُ صُوَراً جَميلة.
My phone's camera takes beautiful pictures.
نَسِيَ الصَّحَفِيُّ كامِراهُ في القاعَة.
The journalist forgot his camera in the hall.
تَعتَمِدُ جَوْدَةُ التَّصْويرِ على نَوْعِ الكامِرا وزاوِيَةِ اللَّقْطَة.
Filming quality depends on the type of camera and the angle of the shot.
لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنِ الكامِرا الخَفِيَّةُ مُثَبَّتةً في الزّاوِيَة، لَما اكتَشَفوا السّارِق.
Had the hidden camera not been mounted in the corner, they would not have caught the thief.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كامِرا | كامِرات |
| Genitive | كامِرا | كامِرات |
| Accusative | كامِرا | كامِرات |
| Vocative | يا كامِرا | يا كامِرات |
Word family
كامِراتcameras (plural)
مُصَوِّرphotographer, cameraman
تَصْويرphotography, filming
صورةpicture, photo
كامِرا رَقَمِيّةdigital camera
Etymology
Arabic borrowed the word from European languages, where it traces back to Latin camera, meaning a vaulted chamber or room. The photographic sense comes from the camera obscura, a dark room or box that projects an image through a small hole. The Latin word itself came from Greek kamára, a vaulted space. In modern Arabic the term is fully naturalized and used for every kind of camera.
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