Arabic

Noun

شُرْطَة • ‎(šurṭa) f ‎(plural شُرَط ‎(šuraṭ))

1. police
2. policeman, policemen

Declension

References

• “شرطة” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شرطة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic شُرْطَة ‎(šurṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃurtˤa/

Noun

شُرْطة • ‎(šurṭa) f pl

1. police
2. policemen (plural)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَرْطَة ‎(šarṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃartˤa/

Noun

شَرْطَة • ‎(šarṭa) f (plural شَرْطات ‎(šarṭāt))

1. hyphen
2. dash