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شَرْطَة

[ʃar.tˤa]

noun

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. hyphen
  2. dash
  3. A short horizontal line used in writing to join words or separate syllables.
Examples

اِكْتُب الكَلِمَة بِاسْتِخْدام الشَّرْطَة بَيْن المَقاطِع.

Write the word using a hyphen between the syllables.

Pronunciationʃar.tˤa

Part of speechnoun

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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