مسطرة

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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, 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

Descendants

  • Swahili: mstari (line)

References

  • 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

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مسطرة (masṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ط ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Pronunciation

Noun

مسطرة (misṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Noun

مسطرة (másṭaraf (plural مساطر (masāṭer))

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)