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مَفْتُوحٌ open in Arabic

مَفْتُوحٌ is how you say “open” in Arabic.

Root ف ت ح f-t-ḥ. adjective (passive participle of فَتَحَ, form I). maftūḥ.

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Meaning of open in Arabic

  1. open, opened (not closed or locked) the ordinary, literal sense — the opposite of أَغْلَقَ, 'to close/lock'
  2. conquered, taken by force (of a country) tropical use, tied to فَتَحَ's sense 'to conquer'

Example sentence

باب مفتوح من السماء من أبواب الجنة ينزل من الجنات الرحمة على بيت المقدس كل صباح حتى تقوم الساعة

A gate from the gates of Paradise is open in the heavens, from which mercy descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis every morning until the Hour is established.

مَفْتُوحٌ open

maftuh means 'opened'; the '-un' ending — describes the gate ('an open gate').

From Angels at al-Aqsa

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Common questions

How do you say "open" in Arabic?
مَفْتُوحٌ (maftūḥ).
What root does مَفْتُوحٌ come from?
The root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ) 'to open', as the passive participle of the verb فَتَحَ.

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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).