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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
Noun
أستيكة • (astīka) f (plural أساتيك (asatīk))
- chewing gum
- Synonym: لبان (libān)
- rubber to erase writing
- squeegee for printing etc.
- rubber bowl such as used by a barber
Etymology 2
From Italian stecca.
Pronunciation
Noun
أستيكة • (astīka) f (plural أستيكات (astīkāt))
- stick, cue
References
- Behnstedt, Peter (1980) “Zum ursprünglichen Dialekt von Alexandria”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 130, page 40
- Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “أستيكة”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 20a
- Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “مستيكة”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 821a