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Etymology 1

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ʃur.tˤa/
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Noun

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شُرْطَة (šurṭaf (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
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  • Classical Syriac: ܫܘܽܪܛܳܐ (šurṭā), ܫܽܪܛܳܐ (šurṭā)

Etymology 2

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Instance noun of شَرْط (šarṭ, incision).

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شَرْطَة (šarṭaf (plural شَرَطَات (šaraṭāt))

  1. line, streak, stroke
    1. hyphen
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References

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  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

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ش ر ط
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

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Noun

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شرطة (šurṭam (collective, singulative شرطي f (šurṭi))

  1. police
  2. policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic شَرْطَة (šarṭa).

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شَرْطَة (šarṭaf (plural شَرْطات (šarṭāt))

  1. hyphen
  2. dash

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

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Noun

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شرطة (šurṭaf

  1. police
    Synonym: بوليس (būlīs)

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