Arabic for rain

maTar
ﻣَﻄَﺮ
rain – masculine singular

ﻣَﻄَﺮ is an Arabic word. The meaning is rain. You pronounce it maTar.

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The Arabic word word for rain can also be conjugated:

'amTaar
ﺃَﻣﻄَﺎﺭ
rain – masculine plural
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

Using the word rain

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Important letters:
The root of the word rain consists of three Arabic letters: mim that is written and pronounced m, Ta that is written and pronounced T and ra that is written and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in rain

ﻣَﻄَﺮ
ﻣـ
ـﻄـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻄـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ـﺮ
 
mim
m
Ta
T
ra
r
 
 
The Arabic word for rain consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ـﻄـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣَﻄَﺮ and pronounced maTar.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for rain

fa3al becomes maTar

We have seen that the Arabic word for rain is written ﻣَﻄَﺮ and pronounced maTar. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3al where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3al and the root letters are m, T and r, the word becomes maTar.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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