ماسورة

See also: ماسوره

Arabic

Etymology

From an older مَأْسُورَة (maʔsūra) from the passive participle of أَسَرَ (ʔasara, to bind), from the root ء س ر (ʔ-s-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.suː.ra/

Noun

مَاسُورَة • (māsūra) f (plural مَوَاسِير (mawāsīr))

  1. (now rare) cane, reed
  2. pipe, duct, conduit
    • 2017 October 1, “تسرب خطوط الغاز بقرية "ترسا" فى الفيوم.. وقطع الخدمة لحين إصلاح العطل”, in Bawwāba Aḵbār Maṣr, archived from the original on 13 November 2017:
      وفرضت القوات كردونًا حول مكان التسرب، وإخطار شركة الغاز، ومجلس مدينة الفيوم، وانتقل المسؤلون الذين أمروا بغلق جميع المحابس الرئيسية، وتبين أن سبب التسرب وجود تآكل فى بعض الوصلات الخاصة بالمواسير، وقُطِعَ الغاز عن القرية لحين الانتهاء من الإصلاحات
      The forces set up a cordon around the area of the [gas] leakage and informed the gas company and the council of the city Al-Fayyūm, and in return the competent persons ordered the complete closure of the main valves and it was stated that the reason of the leakage has been the presence of corrosion in some specific joints of the pipes, and the gas was cut off from the village up to the time of the end of the reparations.
  3. barrel (of a gun or camera lens)
  4. (rare) bobbin, reel

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: ماسورة
  • Azerbaijani: masıra
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماسوره (masura)
    • Turkish: masura, masıra, masra, masır
    • Albanian: masur
    • Aromanian: mãsur
    • Bulgarian: масу́р (masúr)
    • Georgian: მასრა (masra)
    • Greek: μασούρι (masoúri)
    • Middle Armenian: մասուրայ (masuray)
      • Armenian: մասուրա (masura), մասրա (masra)
    • Pontic Greek: μασούρα (masoúra), μασούριν (masoúrin), μασούρι (masoúri), μασούρ' (masoúr')
    • Romanian: mosor
    • Serbo-Croatian: mòsūr / мо̀сӯр
  • Persian: ماسوره (mâsure, bobbin)
  • Spanish: mazorca f (cob)
  • Portuguese: maçaroca f (cob)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَاسُورَة (māsūra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.suː.re/, [maˈsˤuː.rˤɑ]
  • IPA(key): /maː.suː.ra/, [maˈsˤuː.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

ماسورة • (māsūra) f (plural مواسير (muwāsīr))

  1. pipe, main (for water etc.)
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