Learn Arabic › B2 › مِنْشَفَة
مِنْشَفَة
towel /minˈʃafa/
nounB2#3108 most common
Also: dish towel, hand towel
Example sentences
هذه مِنْشَفَة زرقاء.
This is a blue towel.
أحتاج إلى مِنْشَفَة نظيفة بعد الاستحمام.
I need a clean towel after showering.
علّقتُ المِنْشَفَة على الحبل لتجف في الشمس.
I hung the towel on the line to dry in the sun.
نسيتُ مِنْشَفَتي في الفندق فاضطررت لشراء واحدة جديدة.
I forgot my towel at the hotel, so I had to buy a new one.
كانت المَناشِف القطنية الفاخرة تُعلَّق بعناية في حمامات الفندق الفخم.
The luxurious cotton towels were hung carefully in the bathrooms of the fancy hotel.
على الرغم من غسلها المتكرر، احتفظت المِنْشَفَة برائحة العفن التي استعصت على الإزالة.
Despite repeated washing, the towel kept a musty smell that resisted removal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِنْشَفَةٌ | مَنَاشِفُ |
| Genitive | مِنْشَفَةٍ | مَنَاشِفَ |
| Accusative | مِنْشَفَةً | مَنَاشِفَ |
| Vocative | يا مِنْشَفَةُ | يا مَنَاشِفُ |
Word family
نَشَفَto absorb, soak up water
نَاشِفdry
تَنْشِيفthe act of drying or toweling off
نَشَّافblotting paper or absorbent material
مَنَاشِفtowels (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ن-ش-ف (n-sh-f), meaning to dry or soak up moisture. Arabic builds instrument nouns with the pattern مِفْعَلة, prefixing مِ- to a verb root to name the tool used for the action. So مِنْشَفَة literally names the object used to dry or absorb water: a towel.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free