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بِطاقَة

card /biˈtˤaːqa/

nounA2#712 most common

Also: ticket, label, tag, slip of paper

Example sentences

هٰذِهِ بِطاقَةٌ جَميلَة.
This is a pretty card.
عِنْدي بِطاقَةٌ بَنْكِيَّةٌ جَديدَة.
I have a new bank card.
هَل أَحضَرتَ بِطاقَةَ الهُوِيَّة؟
Did you bring the ID card?
دَفَعتُ ثَمَنَ التَّذكِرَة بِبِطاقَةِ الائتِمان.
I paid for the ticket with the credit card.
تَتَطَلَّبُ عَمَلِيَّةُ التَّسجيلِ تَقديمَ بِطاقَةٍ شَخصِيَّةٍ سارِيَةِ المَفعول.
The registration process requires presenting a valid personal ID card.
لَم تَكُن بِطاقَةُ الضَّمانِ الِاجتِماعِيِّ كافِيَةً لِإثباتِ مَحَلِّ إقامَتِهِ أَمامَ السُّلُطات.
The social security card was not enough to prove his place of residence before the authorities.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeبِطاقَةٌبِطاقاتٌ
Genitiveبِطاقَةٍبِطاقاتٍ
Accusativeبِطاقَةًبِطاقاتٍ
Vocativeيا بِطاقَةُيا بِطاقاتُ

Word family

بِطاقاتcards (plural)
بِطاقَة الهُوِيَّةID card
بِطاقَة الائتِمانcredit card
بِطاقَة بَريدِيَّةpostcard
بِطاقَة المُعايَدَةgreeting card

Etymology

In classical Arabic the word named a small slip of paper tied to goods to show their price or contents. Many scholars trace it to the Greek pittakion, a small writing tablet or label, likely entering Arabic through trade and administration. In modern usage the meaning broadened to any card, from ID cards to credit cards.

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