القماش خارج غرفة القياس.

Because Arabic often uses a nominal sentence in the present tense, with no written verb for is / are.

So:

• القماش = the fabric / the cloth
• خارج غرفة القياس = outside the fitting room

Together, that naturally means The fabric is outside the fitting room.

If you wanted the past tense, Arabic would usually add a verb, such as كان for was.

القماش means fabric, cloth, or material.

A native English speaker should notice that this word can work a bit like a mass noun, similar to fabric in English. So depending on context, it could refer to:

• fabric in general
• a piece of cloth
• the material being discussed

Because it has الـ, it is definite, so here it means the fabric / the cloth.

Here خارج means outside or outside of.

Grammatically, it is often treated as a noun/adverb of place rather than a simple preposition in the same way as English outside. In this sentence, it behaves like a location word and is followed by a noun phrase:

• خارج غرفة القياس = outside the fitting room

So even though you can translate it like a preposition, its Arabic behavior is a little different.

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

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take الـ
• the second noun can make the whole phrase definite

So:

• غرفة = room
• القياس = the measuring / the measurement

Together:

• غرفة القياس = the fitting room or literally the room of measuring

Even though غرفة has no الـ, the whole phrase is definite because القياس is definite.

Because غرفة is the first word in an iḍāfa construction.

The final ة (tāʾ marbūṭa) is often pronounced as -a when the word stands alone, but when the word is connected in grammar—especially in iḍāfa—it is pronounced -at.

So:

• alone: غرفة → ghurfa
• in iḍāfa: غرفة القياس → ghurfat al-qiyās

This is very common and important to recognize when speaking and listening.

Yes. القياس literally means the measuring or the measurement.

So the phrase غرفة القياس is literally something like:

• room of measuring

But in context, it is naturally understood as:

• fitting room
• sometimes changing room, depending on context

So this is a good example of a phrase whose literal meaning and natural English meaning are not exactly the same.

The sentence is a nominal sentence:

• القماش = the subject/topic (mubtadaʾ)
• خارج غرفة القياس = the predicate/comment (khabar)

So the structure is:

• [subject] + [location]

Literally:

• The fabric — outside the fitting room

Natural English:

• The fabric is outside the fitting room

Because this sentence contains nested iḍāfa relationships.

First:

• خارج غرفة = outside of a room

  Here, غرفة is linked to خارج.

Then inside that phrase:

• غرفة القياس = the room of measuring

Here, القياس is linked to غرفة.

So in fully vowelled Arabic, you would expect something like:

• القماشُ خارجَ غرفةِ القياسِ

The case endings are usually not written in normal Arabic text, but they are understood grammatically.

A careful pronunciation is:

al-qimāshu khārija ghurfati al-qiyāsi

In normal pause, many speakers would simplify the endings and say something closer to:

al-qimāsh khārij ghurfat al-qiyās

A few pronunciation notes:

• ق in القماش and القياس is a deep q sound, not an English k
• خ in خارج is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• غرفة القياس is pronounced ghurfat al-qiyās, not ghurfa al-qiyās

Yes, but the most neutral order here is:

• القماش خارج غرفة القياس

This starts with the thing being talked about, the fabric, and then says where it is.

Arabic can sometimes move the location phrase earlier for emphasis or style, but that may sound more marked or literary:

• خارج غرفة القياس القماش

A learner should treat القماش خارج غرفة القياس as the standard, straightforward version.

You could translate it literally that way, but it would sound unnatural in English.

Better translations are:

• fitting room
• sometimes changing room, depending on context

So this is a case where the literal gloss helps you understand the Arabic structure, but the natural translation is different.

Because Arabic often expresses of relationships by simply putting two nouns together in an iḍāfa construction.

So instead of saying:

• room of measuring with a separate word for of

Arabic says:

• غرفة القياس

This is one of the most important structures in Arabic. English often uses:

• of
• apostrophe 's
• noun + noun compounds

Arabic very often uses iḍāfa instead.