شرطة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From regional Byzantine Greek χόρτη (khórtē), χώρτη (khṓrtē),[1][2][3] elsewhere also κόρτη (kórtē), κόρτης (kórtēs), κώρτη (kṓrtē), κώρτης (kṓrtēs), κοόρτη (koórtē), κοόρτης (koórtēs), from Latin cohors.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˤa/
  • (file)

Noun

شُرْطَة • (šurṭa) f (collective, singulative شُرْطِيّ f (šurṭiyy), plural شُرَط (šuraṭ))

  1. (obsolete) vanguard, choice men of the army
  2. police
  3. policemen
  4. police squad, plural: شُرَط (šuraṭ)
  5. bodyguard, henchman
Declension
Descendants
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܘܽܪܛܳܐ (šurṭā), ܫܽܪܛܳܐ (šurṭā)

Etymology 2

Instance noun of شَرْط (šarṭ, incision).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃar.tˤa/

Noun

شَرْطَة • (šarṭa) f (plural شَرَطَات (šaraṭāt))

  1. line, streak, stroke
    1. hyphen
Declension

References

  1. Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 239
  2. Scheuerbrandt, Jörg (2004) Exercitus. Aufgaben, Organisation und Befehlsstruktur römischer Armeen während der Kaiserzeit (in German), Freiburg im Breisgau, footnote 308, page 63, giving the text of an inscription from Tomis, Moesia inferior, about the course of P. Aelius Ammonius, ILS 8851/Pflaum Nr. 329: ἔπαρχον χώρτης ε Σπανῶν, τριβοῦνον χόρτης α Γερμάνων ἡγησάμενον στρατιωτικοῦ ἐν παρατάξει Ἀρμενιακῇ στρατιωτῶν ἐπαρχείας Καππαδόκων, ἐπαρχον ἄλης α Φλ. Γετοὐλων ἡγησάμενον στρατιωτικοῦ τῆς ἔπαρχείας ταύτης, ἔπαρχον κλάσσης Φλ. Μυσικῆς Γορδιανῆς.
  3. Shahîd, Irfan (2008) “Latin Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 6

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ر ط
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˤa/

Noun

شرطة • (šurṭa) m (collective, singulative شرطي f (šurṭi))

  1. police
  2. policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرْطَة (šarṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃar.tˤa/

Noun

شَرْطَة • (šarṭa) f (plural شَرْطات (šarṭāt))

  1. hyphen
  2. dash

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˤe/, [ʃʊrˤ.tˤɑ]
  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˤa/, [ʃʊrˤ.tˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

شرطة • (šurṭa) f

  1. police
    Synonym: بوليس (būlīs)

Derived terms

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