مشاية

See also: مساية‎

Arabic
Root
م ش ي‎ (m-š-y)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʃ.ʃaː.ja/

Noun

مَشَّايَة • (maššāya) f (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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʃ.ʃaː.ja/

Noun

مشاية • (maššāya) f (plural مشاشي‎ (mšāši) or مشايات‎ (maššāyāt))

  1. slippers, flip-flops
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