شقة

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See also: سقة and شفة

Arabic

Root
ش ق ق (š q q)
15 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaq.qa/, /ʃiq.qa/, /ʃuq.qa/
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Noun

شَقَّة (šaqqaf (plural شُقَق (šuqaq) or شَقَّات (šaqqāt))
شِقَّة (šiqqaf (plural شِقَق (šiqaq))
شُقَّة (šuqqaf (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))

  1. apartment, flat (domicile occupying part of a building)
    • 2024 August 10, “تَشْيِيد 62 أَلْفَ شُقَّةٍ سَكَنِيَّةٍ .. الدَّارُ الْبَيْضَاءُ تَتَطَلَّعُ لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَى "دُورِ الصَّفِيحِ"”, in Hespress, archived from the original on 2024-08-11:
      دَخَلَتْ سُلُطَاتُ ٱلْعَاصِمَةِ ٱلْاِقْتِصَادِيَّةِ مَرْحَلَةَ ٱلسُّرْعَةِ ٱلْقُصْوَى مِنْ أَجْلِ تَنْزِيلِ مَشْرُوعِ 62 أَلْفَ شُقَّةٍ سَكَنِيَّةٍ سَيَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهَا قَاطِنُو دُورِ ٱلصَّفِيحِ بِٱلدَّارِ ٱلْبَيْضَاءِ وَٱلْمَنَاطِقِ ٱلْمُجَاوِرَةِ.
      daḵalat suluṭātu l-ʕāṣimati l-iqtiṣādiyyati marḥalata s-surʕati l-quṣwā min ʔajli tanzīli mašrūʕi 62 ʔalfa šuqqatin sakaniyyatin sayastafīdu minhā qāṭinū dūri ṣ-ṣafīḥi bi-d-dāri l-bayḍāʔi wal-manāṭiqi l-mujāwirati.
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  2. compartment
Declension

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

شِقَّة (šiqqaf (plural شِقَق (šiqaq) or شِقَاق (šiqāq))

  1. half, moiety
  2. piece
  3. piece of land, tract, zone
  4. splinter
  5. trouble, difficulty
  6. rift, split
  7. destination (of a journey)
  8. distance
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

شِقَّة or شُقَّة (šiqqa or šuqqaf (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))

  1. oblong piece of cloth (for wrapping a woman's body)
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

شُقَّة (šuqqaf (plural شُقَق (šuqaq))

  1. trouble, difficulty
  2. destination (of a journey)
  3. distance
Declension

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa) or شِقَّة (šiqqa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

شقة (šaʔʔaf (plural شقق (šuʔaʔ, šiʔaʔ))

  1. apartment (domicile occupying part of a building)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ق ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شِقَّة (šiqqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiɡ.ɡa/, /ʃuɡ.ɡa/

Noun

شِقَّة or شُقَّة (šigga or šuggaf (plural شِقَق (šigag) or شُقَق (šugag))

  1. apartment
  2. flat

Iraqi Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاقه, شقا (şaka, fun, joke)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʃaqa/

Noun

شقة (šaqam

  1. joking

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ش ق ق
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic شِقَّة (šiqqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

شقة (šuqqaf (plural شقق (šuqaq) or شقات (šuqqāt))

  1. apartment, flat
    Synonym: برطمة (barṭma)
    شريت شقة غالية ولكن جات فبلاصة معتبرة فوسط المدينة.
    šrīt šuqqa ḡālya walākin jāt fe-blāṣa muʕtabara f-wasṭ le-mdīna.
    I bought an expensive flat but it is located in a very good spot in downtown.

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

شقة (šaqqaf (plural شقات (šaqqāt))

  1. fissure, hollow
    هاد الحيط فيه شقات بزاف خاص ينعاد من جديد.
    hād el-ḥayṭ fīh šaqqāt bizzāf ḵāṣṣ yinʕād min jdīd.
    This wall is full of holes, it needs to be redone.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَقَّة (šaqqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

شقّة (šaʔʔaf (plural شقق (šuʔaʔ))

  1. apartment, flat