shuraṭa (English spelling) shurata

Japanese: shuraṭa(英語表記)shurata
shuraṭa (English spelling) shurata

...The term refers to the police or police officers of the early Islamic period. It is also called shuraṭa or, in the plural, shuraṭ. The word originates from the fourth-type verb ashrāṭa, which means to distinguish one thing from another for a specific purpose. By extension, shruta came to refer to an elite military unit, which then evolved into the term for the police.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "shuraṭa" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…初期イスラム時代の警察,警官のこと。シュラタshuraṭa,あるいは複数形でシュラトshuraṭとも呼ばれる。語源は4型動詞ashraṭa〈的確な目的のために,ある事物を他と区別する〉にあり,転じてシュルタとは軍隊のエリート部隊を指すようになり,それが警察を示す用語に転化した。…

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