مشاية

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See also: مساية

Arabic

Root
م ش ي (m š y)
7 terms

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb مَشَى (mašā, to walk)

Pronunciation

Noun

مَشَّايَة (maššāyaf (plural مَشَّايَات (maššāyāt))

  1. carpet to walk upon such as a doormat, runner
    Synonym: دَوَّاسَة (dawwāsa)
  2. treadmill, a fitness device to run upon
  3. walking frame, walker
  4. corridor, hallway, passway, bridge etc.
  5. sole of a shoe, footwear

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մաշիկ (mašik)
  • Georgian: მაშია (mašia)

Further reading

  • 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 204, 209, 217

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
م ش ي
4 terms

From Arabic مَشَّايَة (maššāya).

Pronunciation

Noun

مشاية (maššāyaf (plural مشاشي (mšāši) or مشايات (maššāyāt))

  1. slippers, flip-flops