طبقة متوسطة

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From طبقة (ṭabaʔa, “class”) +‎ متوسطة (mitwassṭa, “middle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.ba.ʔa.mɪt.wasˤ(sˤ).tˤa/

Noun

طبقة متوسطة • (ṭabaʔa mitwassṭa) f

  1. middle class
    • 1954, Hassan El-Hajjé, Le parler arabe de Tripoli‎[1], page 191:
      ʾamma jamǟɛet əṭ-ṭåbaʾå l-mətwåṣṣṭå fi ɛīšəton ɛa ʾaddon : byūton ʾaktarä juwwǟt əl-baläd.
      [أما جماعت الطبقة المتوسطة في عيشتن ع قدن: بيوتن أكتر جوات البلد.]
      The people of the middle class live according to their means: most of their houses are within the town.

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