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Root
س ط ح (s ṭ ḥ)
3 terms

noun:
- IPA^(key): /satˤħ/

سَطَحَ • (saṭaḥa) I (non-past يَسْطَحُ (yasṭaḥu), verbal noun سَطْح (saṭḥ))

to spread forth, to unroll

سَطَّحَ • (saṭṭaḥa) II (non-past يُسَطِّحُ (yusaṭṭiḥu), verbal noun تَسْطِيح (tasṭīḥ))

to spread out, to unroll
to flatten, to even

Root
س ط ح (s ṭ ḥ)
3 terms

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܛܚܐ and Hebrew שֶׁטַח (šéṭaḥ).

سَطْح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سُطُوح (suṭūḥ) or أَسْطُح (ʔasṭuḥ))

surface
roof
verbal noun of سَطَحَ (saṭaḥa) (form I)

سَطْحِيّ (saṭḥiyy)

Egyptian Arabic: سطح (saṭḥ)
Moroccan Arabic: سطح (sṭaḥ)
→ Azerbaijani: səth
→ Malay: satah
- Indonesian: satah
→ Persian: سطح (sath)
- → Hindi: सतह (satah)
- → Urdu: سطح (satah)
→ Spanish: azotea
- → Cebuano: asotiya
- → Portuguese: açoteia
→ Turkish: satıh

Freytag, Georg (1833) “سطح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 313
Lane, Edward William (1863) “سطح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1357

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

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سطح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سطوح (suṭūḥ))

roof

سطح (plural سطح-سطح or سطح۲, informal 1st possessive سطحکو, 2nd possessive سطحمو, 3rd possessive سطحڽ)

Jawi spelling of satah‎

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

IPA^(key): /stˤaħ/

سطح • (sṭaḥ) m (plural سطوح (sṭūḥ) or سطوحة (sṭūḥa))

roof

Borrowed from Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sath]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪ʰ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪ʰ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sath
Dari reading^?	sath
Iranian reading^?	sath
Tajik reading^?	sath


Iranian Persian	سطح
Dari	سطح
Tajik	сатҳ

سطح • (sath) (plural سطوح (sotuh) or سطح‌ها (sath-hâ))

surface
سطح زمین ― sath-e zamin ― surface of the Earth

سطح دریا ― sath-e daryâ ― sea level
level
چه سطح هستند؟ ― če sath hastid? ― What level are you at?

اگر سطح زبان عربی من پایین باشد، چه باید بکنم؟
agar sath-e zabân-e arabi-ye man pâyin bâšad, če bâyad bekonam?
If my Arabic level is low, what should I do?

سطح پیما (sath-peymâ, “planimeter”)

→ Hindi: सतह (satah)
→ Urdu: سطح (satah)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ط ح
1 term

From Arabic سَطَّحَ (saṭṭaḥa).

IPA^(key): /satˤ.tˤaħ/, [ˈsˤɑtˤ.tˤɑħ]

سطّح • (saṭṭaḥ) II (present بسطّح (bisaṭṭeḥ))

to flatten

Conjugation of سطّح (saṭṭaḥ)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	سطّحت (saṭṭaḥt)	سطّحت (saṭṭaḥt)	سطّح (saṭṭaḥ)	سطّحنا (saṭṭaḥna)	سطّحتو (saṭṭaḥtu)	سطّحو (saṭṭaḥu)
past	f	سطّحت (saṭṭaḥt)	سطّحتي (saṭṭaḥti)	سطّحت (saṭṭaḥat)	سطّحنا (saṭṭaḥna)	سطّحتو (saṭṭaḥtu)	سطّحو (saṭṭaḥu)
present	m	بسطّح (basaṭṭeḥ)	بتسطّح (bitsaṭṭeḥ)	بسطّح (bisaṭṭeḥ)	منسطّح (minsaṭṭeḥ)	بتسطّحو (bitsaṭṭḥu)	بسطّحو (bisaṭṭḥu)
present	f	بسطّح (basaṭṭeḥ)	بتسطّحي (bitsaṭṭḥi)	بتسطّح (bitsaṭṭeḥ)	منسطّح (minsaṭṭeḥ)	بتسطّحو (bitsaṭṭḥu)	بسطّحو (bisaṭṭḥu)
subjunctive	m	اسطّح (asaṭṭeḥ)	تسطّح (tsaṭṭeḥ)	يسطّح (ysaṭṭeḥ)	نسطّح (nsaṭṭeḥ)	تسطّحو (tsaṭṭḥu)	يسطّحو (ysaṭṭḥu)
subjunctive	f	اسطّح (asaṭṭeḥ)	تسطّحي (tsaṭṭḥi)	تسطّح (tsaṭṭeḥ)	نسطّح (nsaṭṭeḥ)	تسطّحو (tsaṭṭḥu)	يسطّحو (ysaṭṭḥu)
imperative	m		سطّح (saṭṭeḥ)			سطّحو (saṭṭḥu)
imperative	f		سطّحي (saṭṭḥi)			سطّحو (saṭṭḥu)

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

IPA^(key): /satˤħ/, [ˈsˤɑ.tˤ(ɪ)ħ]

سطح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سطوح (sṭūḥ))

surface
roof (flat roof)

سقف (saʔf, “ceiling; roof”)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سطح (sath), from Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.t̪əɦ/

سَطْح • (sath) f (Hindi spelling सतह)

level, surface

“سطح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“سطح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.