No. 577 in Arabic
شرطة
Police.
In a sentence
رأيت الشرطة في الشارع.
I saw the police in the street.
The word "شرطة" refers to the police force as an entity in this sentence.
عمله هو شرطي في شرطة المدينة.
His job is a police officer in the city police department.
Here, "شرطة" refers to the police department of the city.
وضعت شرطة صغيرة بين الكلمات لتقسيمها.
I placed a small dash between the words to separate them.
In this instance, "شرطة" means a dash or a small line used for punctuation.
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