See also: بطاریه

Arabic edit

 
بَطَّارِيَّة

Etymology edit

Perhaps a phono-semantic matching of English battery or Spanish batería. Adapted to Arabic noun patterns; has the form of a tool noun with the common noun-forming suffix ِيَّة (-iyya) added.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /batˤ.tˤaː.rij.ja/

Noun edit

بَطَّارِيَّة (baṭṭāriyyaf (plural بَطَّارِيَّات (baṭṭāriyyāt))

  1. (electronics) battery (device producing electricity)
  2. (military) battery

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “بطارية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Italian batteria.

Noun edit

بطارية (baṭṭāriyyaf (plural بطاريات (baṭṭāriyyāt))

  1. (electronics) battery (device producing electricity)
  2. torch; flashlight
  3. (military) battery
  4. array; assemblage

References edit