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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كستره (küstere).
Noun
كسترة • (kustarra) f (plural كسترات (kustarrāt))
- (archaic) ruler for drawing lines
- Synonym: مسطرة (masṭara)
Etymology 2
Noun
كسترة • (kastara) f
- verbal noun of كستر (kastar, “to nap”)
2016, “قسم التجهيز”, in شركة مصر للغزل والنسيج المحلة الكبرى (in Arabic):وكذلك ماكينات الكسترة لكسترة الأقمشة القطنية بمعدل إنتاج 5400 متر / يوم- Likewise the napping machines for napping cotton cloth have an average production of 5400 meters a day.
References
- Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 124
- Spiro, Socrates (1895) “كسطرة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 519b