Arabic for citizen

muwaaTin
ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻦ
citizen – masculine singular

The Arabic word for citizen is pronounced muwaaTin and written ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻦ.

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The Arabic word word for citizen can also be conjugated:

muwaaTina
ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻨَﺔ
citizen – feminine singular
muwaaTinuuna
ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻨُﻮﻥَ
citizen – masculine plural
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: active participle

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Important letters:
The root of the word citizen consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written and pronounced w, Ta that is written and pronounced T and nun that is written and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of citizen

ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻦ
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﻃـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﻃـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ـﻮ
ـﺎ
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
mim
m
waw
w
alef
Ta
T
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for citizen consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel u that is written as the sign ُ above the letter. The letter waw that is written ﻭ ( here ـﻮ ) and pronounced w 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 alef that is written ﺍ and pronounced . The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻦ and pronounced muwaaTin.
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 citizen

mufaa3il becomes muwaaTin

We have seen that the Arabic word for citizen is written ﻣُﻮَﺍﻃِﻦ and pronounced muwaaTin. It follows the pattern active participle form 3. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure mufaa3il where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is mufaa3il and the root letters are w, T and n, the word becomes muwaaTin.
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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