شرطة

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin cohors.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˁa/
  • (file)

Noun

شُرْطَة (šurṭa) f (plural شُرَط (šuraṭ))

  1. police
  2. policeman, policemen
  3. police squad, plural: شُرَط (šuraṭ)

Declension

References

  • Irfan Shahîd (2008), “Latin Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 6
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شرطة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), شرطة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), شرط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃurtˁa/

Noun

شُرْطة (šurṭa) f pl

  1. police
  2. policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرْطَة (šarṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃartˁa/

Noun

شَرْطَة • (šarṭa) f

(plural شَرْطات ‎(šarṭāt))
  1. hyphen
  2. dash
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