زر الطوارئ قرب كاميرا المراقبة.

A practical classroom pronunciation is:

zirr aṭ-ṭawāriʾ qurb kāmīrā al-murāqaba

A few notes:

• زر = zirr = button
• الطوارئ = aṭ-ṭawāriʾ
• قرب = qurb = near
• كاميرا = kāmīrā
• المراقبة = al-murāqaba

The last sound in ṭawāriʾ is a hamza: a small catch in the throat.

Because normal Arabic writing usually leaves out short vowels, زر can represent more than one word.

Here, context tells you it is zirr = button, not zur = visit!

Why?

• زر الطوارئ is a very natural phrase meaning emergency button
• visit the emergencies would make no sense here

Also, the noun zirr is often written without the shadda in ordinary text, even though the full form is زرّ.

Yes. In Arabic, present-tense to be is usually omitted.

So:

• زر الطوارئ قرب كاميرا المراقبة literally looks like:
• The emergency button near the surveillance camera

But the natural meaning is:

• The emergency button is near the surveillance camera

This is very common in Arabic, especially in signs, labels, and short informational statements.

Because this is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

Structure:

• زر = button
• الطوارئ = emergencies / emergency

Together:

• زر الطوارئ = literally button of emergency/emergencies

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the whole phrase becomes definite if the second noun is definite

Since الطوارئ has ال, the whole phrase is definite:

• زر الطوارئ = the emergency button

The same thing happens in:

• كاميرا المراقبة = the surveillance camera

Great question. الطوارئ is a broken plural, historically meaning emergencies or urgent situations.

But in actual usage, Arabic often uses طوارئ in set expressions where English uses singular emergency, for example:

• قسم الطوارئ = emergency department
• حالة الطوارئ = state of emergency
• زر الطوارئ = emergency button

So the literal wording may look plural, but the natural English translation is often singular.

No. In كاميرا المراقبة, المراقبة is not an adjective here. It is a noun, and the whole phrase is another iḍāfa.

So:

• كاميرا = camera
• المراقبة = monitoring / surveillance

Together:

• كاميرا المراقبة = literally camera of surveillance
• natural English: surveillance camera

If it were an adjective, the structure would be different.

قرب means near or close to here.

So:

• قرب كاميرا المراقبة = near the surveillance camera

A useful comparison:

• قرب can directly introduce the following noun phrase
• قريب is an adjective and is often followed by من

For example:

• المكتب قرب الباب = the office is near the door
• المكتب قريب من الباب = the office is close to the door

Both can express similar meanings, but the grammar is different.

Because ط is a sun letter.

When ال comes before a sun letter:

• the l sound is not pronounced
• the following consonant is doubled

So:

• الطوارئ is pronounced:
• aṭ-ṭawāriʾ

This is a pronunciation rule only. The spelling still keeps ال.

Because م is a moon letter, not a sun letter.

With moon letters:

• the l in ال is pronounced normally

So:

• المراقبة = al-murāqaba

Compare:

• الطوارئ → aṭ-ṭawāriʾ because ط is a sun letter
• المراقبة → al-murāqaba because م is a moon letter

Yes. In normal Arabic writing, short vowels and most case endings are usually omitted.

So the sentence is written simply as:

• زر الطوارئ قرب كاميرا المراقبة

In a fully vocalized formal reading, there would be grammatical endings, but learners usually first read it without worrying about them.

What matters most at this stage:

• زر الطوارئ is a noun phrase
• قرب gives location
• كاميرا المراقبة is another noun phrase in an iḍāfa construction

So even without visible endings, the structure is still clear from context and word relationships.