شرط

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ر ط (š r ṭ)
8 terms

Verb

شَرَطَ (šaraṭa) I (non-past يَشْرُطُ (yašruṭu) or يَشْرِطُ (yašriṭu), verbal noun شَرْط (šarṭ))

  1. to make a condition, to stipulate
  2. to make incisions in the skin, to scarify
  3. to fasten with a string of palm bast
  4. (Modern Standard Arabic) to tear into pieces
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّطَ (šarraṭa) II (non-past يُشَرِّطُ (yušarriṭu), verbal noun تَشْرِيط (tašrīṭ))

  1. to scarify, to cup
  2. (Modern Standard Arabic) to make small chains or rosaries
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: շառտել (šaṙtel), շառռտել (šaṙṙtel)

Noun

شَرْط (šarṭm (plural شُرُوط (šurūṭ))

  1. verbal noun of شَرَطَ (šaraṭa) (form I)
  2. condition, reservation, proviso, stipulation, article of a compact, contract, requirement, prescription, obligation
  3. incision, scarification
Declension
Descendants

Adjective

شَرْط (šarṭ) (masculine plural أَشْرَاط (ʔašrāṭ), elative أَشْرَط (ʔašraṭ))

  1. low, mean
Declension

Noun

شُرُط (šuruṭpl

  1. plural of شَرِيط (šarīṭ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

شُرَط (šuraṭpl

  1. plural of شُرْطَة (šurṭa)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْط (šarṭ, condition), verbal noun of شَرَطَ (šaraṭa, to make a condition, to stipulate).

Noun

شرط (şart) (definite accusative شرطی (şartı), plural شرطلر (şartlar) or شرائط (şerait))

  1. condition, requisite, requirement, necessity, something necessary or indispensable
  2. stipulation, something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement
  3. (grammar) condition, a logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْط (šarṭ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šart
Dari reading? šart
Iranian reading? šart
Tajik reading? šart
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

شرط (šart) (plural شرایط (šarâyet) or شرط‌ها (šart-hâ))

  1. condition
    شرایط زندگیšarâyet-e zendegiliving conditions, conditions of life

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شرط (šart), from Arabic شَرْط (šarṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَرْط (šartf (formal plural شرائط, Hindi spelling शर्त)

  1. condition, term
  2. wager, bet
  3. provision, wage

References

  • شرط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شرط”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.