سطر

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سطر

Where it comes from

From Old South Arabian 𐩪𐩷𐩧 (s¹ṭr, “to inscribe; writing, inscription, document, line”) from Classical Syriac ܣܛܰܪ (sṭar, “to cut, to mark, to carve, to write down”) from Akkadian 𒊬 (šaṭārum, “to write, to inscribe, to jot down”). The root س ط ر (s ṭ r) is derived from this borrowing.

verb سَطَرَ · saṭara · يَسْطُرُ · سَطْر · سَاطِر

to write

verb سَطَّرَ · saṭṭara · يُسَطِّرُ · تَسْطِير · مُسَطِّر

to draw lines into, to rule

noun سَطْر · saṭr · سُطُور · أَسْطُر · أَسْطَار

noun from verb verbal noun of سَطَرَ (saṭara) (form I)
line, row
line of writing كَتَبَ المُعَلِّمُ سَطْرًا وَاحِدًا عَلَى السَّبُّورَةِ.
stroke

In English

line single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.

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"سطر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سطر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}