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

Etymology 1

From Arabic شُرْطَة‎ (šurṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃurtˤa/

Noun

شُرْطَة • (šurṭa) f pl

  1. police
  2. policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرْطَة‎ (šarṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃartˤa/

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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