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/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

(obsolete) vanguard, choice men of the army
police
policemen
police squad, plural: شُرَط (šuraṭ)
bodyguard, henchman

Declension

Declension of noun شُرْطَة (šurṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُرْطَة šurṭa	الشُّرْطَة aš-šurṭa	شُرْطَة šurṭat
Nominative	شُرْطَةٌ šurṭatun	الشُّرْطَةُ aš-šurṭatu	شُرْطَةُ šurṭatu
Accusative	شُرْطَةً šurṭatan	الشُّرْطَةَ aš-šurṭata	شُرْطَةَ šurṭata
Genitive	شُرْطَةٍ šurṭatin	الشُّرْطَةِ aš-šurṭati	شُرْطَةِ šurṭati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُرْطَتَيْن šurṭatayn	الشُّرْطَتَيْن aš-šurṭatayn	شُرْطَتَيْ šurṭatay
Nominative	شُرْطَتَانِ šurṭatāni	الشُّرْطَتَانِ aš-šurṭatāni	شُرْطَتَا šurṭatā
Accusative	شُرْطَتَيْنِ šurṭatayni	الشُّرْطَتَيْنِ aš-šurṭatayni	شُرْطَتَيْ šurṭatay
Genitive	شُرْطَتَيْنِ šurṭatayni	الشُّرْطَتَيْنِ aš-šurṭatayni	شُرْطَتَيْ šurṭatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُرَط šuraṭ	الشُّرَط aš-šuraṭ	شُرَط šuraṭ
Nominative	شُرَطٌ šuraṭun	الشُّرَطُ aš-šuraṭu	شُرَطُ šuraṭu
Accusative	شُرَطًا šuraṭan	الشُّرَطَ aš-šuraṭa	شُرَطَ šuraṭa
Genitive	شُرَطٍ šuraṭin	الشُّرَطِ aš-šuraṭi	شُرَطِ šuraṭi

Related terms

شُرْطِيّ (šurṭiyy)

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))

line, streak, stroke
1. hyphen

Declension

Declension of noun شَرْطَة (šarṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرْطَة šarṭa	الشَّرْطَة aš-šarṭa	شَرْطَة šarṭat
Nominative	شَرْطَةٌ šarṭatun	الشَّرْطَةُ aš-šarṭatu	شَرْطَةُ šarṭatu
Accusative	شَرْطَةً šarṭatan	الشَّرْطَةَ aš-šarṭata	شَرْطَةَ šarṭata
Genitive	شَرْطَةٍ šarṭatin	الشَّرْطَةِ aš-šarṭati	شَرْطَةِ šarṭati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرْطَتَيْن šarṭatayn	الشَّرْطَتَيْن aš-šarṭatayn	شَرْطَتَيْ šarṭatay
Nominative	شَرْطَتَانِ šarṭatāni	الشَّرْطَتَانِ aš-šarṭatāni	شَرْطَتَا šarṭatā
Accusative	شَرْطَتَيْنِ šarṭatayni	الشَّرْطَتَيْنِ aš-šarṭatayni	شَرْطَتَيْ šarṭatay
Genitive	شَرْطَتَيْنِ šarṭatayni	الشَّرْطَتَيْنِ aš-šarṭatayni	شَرْطَتَيْ šarṭatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرَطَات šaraṭāt	الشَّرَطَات aš-šaraṭāt	شَرَطَات šaraṭāt
Nominative	شَرَطَاتٌ šaraṭātun	الشَّرَطَاتُ aš-šaraṭātu	شَرَطَاتُ šaraṭātu
Accusative	شَرَطَاتٍ šaraṭātin	الشَّرَطَاتِ aš-šaraṭāti	شَرَطَاتِ šaraṭāti
Genitive	شَرَطَاتٍ šaraṭātin	الشَّرَطَاتِ aš-šaraṭāti	شَرَطَاتِ šaraṭāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “شرطة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1533
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شرطة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 537
Wehr, Hans (1979) “شرطة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 543

^ Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 239
^ Scheuerbrandt, Jörg (2004) Exercitus. Aufgaben, Organisation und Befehlsstruktur römischer Armeen während der Kaiserzeit‎^[1] (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.
^ 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))

police
policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرْطَة (šarṭa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃar.tˤa/

Noun

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

hyphen
dash

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

شرطة • (šurṭa) f

police
Synonym: بوليس (būlīs)

Derived terms

شرطي (šurṭi, “policeman”)

[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^[1] (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

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