mastaba
/ˈmæstəbə/noun
mastaba is spelled M-A-S-T-A-B-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mastaba means “A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mastaba is mastabas.
How many letters and syllables are in mastaba?
| Letters | 7: M-A-S-T-A-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mastaba?
Mastaba appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mastaba?
- /ˈmæstəbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mastaba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mastaba
- mastabas plural
- mastabah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mastaba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
- 2
A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mastaba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mastaba come from?
Borrowed from Arabic مَصْطَبَة (maṣṭaba).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).