Arabic

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Etymology

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Literally, "company of the fire extinguishers", from فِرْقَة (firqa, company, band, group, unit, division, etc.) +‎ الْمَطَافِئ (al-maṭāfiʔ, the fire extinguishers).

Noun

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فِرْقَة الْمَطَافِئ (firqat al-maṭāfiʾf (plural فِرَق الْمَطَافِئ (firaq al-maṭāfiʔ))

  1. fire brigade, fire department

Declension

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References

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