مسطرة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Tool noun from the verb سَطَرَ (saṭara), morphologically from the root س ط ر (s-ṭ-r).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مِسْطَرَة (misṭaraf (plural مَسَاطِر (masāṭir) or مِسْطَرَات (misṭarāt))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)
  2. procedure (set of established forms or methods of an organized body)
    • 2013 June 12, “الحكومة تعتزم تفويت أزيد من 56 ألف هكتار من أراضي الدولة”, in Hespress[1], archived from the original on 4 October 2022:
      إِلَى ذَٰلِكَ شَدَّدَ وَزِيرُ ٱلْمِيزَانِيَّةِ عَلَى ضَرُورَةِ تَفْعِيلِ ٱلْمَسَاطِرِ ٱلْإِدَارِيَّةِ ٱلْمُنَظِّمَةِ لِتَدْبِيرِ ٱلْمِلْكِ ٱلْخَاصِّ لِلدَّوْلَةِ كَٱلتَّخْصِيصِ بِٱلنِّسْبَةِ لِلْحَالَاتِ ٱلَّتِي تَهُمُّ ٱلْإِدَارَاتِ وَٱلتَّجْهِيزَاتِ ٱلْعُمُومِيَّةِ وَٱلتَّفْوِيتِ بِٱلنِّسْبَةِ لِلْجَمَاعَاتِ ٱلْمَحَلِّيَّةِ وَٱلْمُؤَسَّسَاتِ ٱلْعُمُومِيَّةِ، []
      ʔilā ḏālika šaddada wazīru l-mīzāniyyati ʕalā ḍarūrati tafʕīli l-masāṭiri l-ʔidāriyyati l-munaẓẓimati litadbīri l-milki l-ḵāṣṣi li-d-dawlati ka-t-taḵṣīṣi bi-n-nisbati lilḥālāti llatī tahummu l-ʔidārāti wat-tajhīzāti l-ʕumūmiyyati wat-tafwīti bi-n-nisbati liljamāʕāti l-maḥalliyyati wal-muʔassasāti l-ʕumūmiyyati, []
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Declension

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Descendants

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  • Swahili: mstari (line)

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مسطرة (masṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
س ط ر
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mis.tˤa.ra/, [mɪsˤ.tˤa.ra]

Noun

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مسطرة (misṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Noun

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مسطرة (másṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭer))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)