مكواة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك و ي (k-w-y)

Tool noun from the verb كَوَى (kawā, to iron).

Noun

مِكْوَاة • (mikwāh) f (dual مِكْوَاتَانِ (mikwātāni), plural مَكَاوٍ (makāwin))

  1. (hot) iron (tool for pressing clothes)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: مكوات (mikvat)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكواة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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