...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 |
…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。… ※「shuraṭa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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