أستيكة

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

A Cairene distortion of مستيكة (mastīka) valid for other Egyptian Arabic dialects now displaced by Cairene, colloquial byform of Arabic Standard مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā, “mastic”), then extended by French élastique and its descendant Ottoman Turkish الاستیق (elastik, elastık), لاستیق (lastik, lastık, “caoutchouc, rubber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtiːka/

Noun

أستيكة • (astīka) f (plural أساتيك (asatīk))

1. (dated) chewing gum

   Alternative form: مستيكة (mastīka)

   Synonym: (Cairo) لبان (libān)

2. rubber to erase writing, eraser

   Synonym: (Alexandria) جومة (gōma, gūma)

3. (dated) squeegee for printing etc.
4. (dated) rubber bowl such as used by a barber

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian stecca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtiːka/

Noun

أستيكة • (astīka) f (plural أستيكات (astīkāt))

1. (obsolete) stick, cue

References

• Behnstedt, Peter (1980), “Zum ursprünglichen Dialekt von Alexandria”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 130, page 40
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “أستيكة”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 20a
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “مستيكة”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[3], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 821a
• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 451–454