صطار
Gulf Arabic
Alternative forms
- سطار (sṭār /ṣṭār/)
Etymology
From Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara). The /s/ became fully emphasised due to proximity to an emphatic. Compare similar development for the word for ruler from the same root: مصطرة (maṣṭara), and the word for line, row: صطر (ṣaṭir)
Noun
صْطار (ṣṭār) m (dual صطارين (ṣṭārēn), plural صْطارات (ṣṭārāt))
- a slap in the face