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مَرْكَز
center /ˈmar.kaz/
nounA1#606 most common
Also: headquarters, station (as in police station), position, rank
Example sentences
هٰذا مَرْكَز كَبير.
This is a big center.
المَرْكَز قَريب مِن بَيتي.
The center is near my house.
نَذهَب إلى المَرْكَز التِّجاري يَوم الجُمُعة.
We go to the shopping center on Friday.
فازَ اللاعِب بِالمَرْكَز الأوّل في البُطولة.
The player won first place in the tournament.
يَضُمّ المَرْكَز مَكتَبةً ومُختَبَراتٍ حَديثة.
The center contains a library and modern laboratories.
تَعَزَّزَ مَرْكَز الدَّولة الدِّبلوماسي بَعدَ توقيع الاتِّفاقية.
The state's diplomatic position was strengthened after the agreement was signed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرْكَزٌ (markazun) | مَراكِزُ (marākizu) |
| Genitive | مَرْكَزٍ (markazin) | مَراكِزَ (marākiza) |
| Accusative | مَرْكَزاً (markazan) | مَراكِزَ (marākiza) |
| Vocative | يا مَرْكَزُ (yā markazu) | يا مَراكِزُ (yā marākizu) |
Word family
رَكَّزَto concentrate, focus
تَرْكيزconcentration, focus
مَرْكَزِيّcentralمَراكِزcenters (plural)
رَكيزةpillar, foundation
Etymology
Markaz comes from the Semitic triliteral root r-k-z, which means to fix, to plant, or to drive something into the ground. It is built on the maf'al pattern, which forms nouns of place. So the literal sense is the place where something is fixed, hence the fixed point or center.
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