# سطح
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* noun:
** IPA: /satˤħ/
** Audio:(file)

#### Verb

سَطَحَ • (saṭaḥa) I (non-past يَسْطَحُ (yasṭaḥu), verbal noun سَطْح (saṭḥ))
* to spread forth, to unroll

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَطَّحَ • (saṭṭaḥa) II (non-past يُسَطِّحُ (yusaṭṭiḥu), verbal noun تَسْطِيح (tasṭīḥ))
* to spread out, to unroll
* to flatten, to even

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܛܚܐ and Hebrew שֶׁטַח (šéṭaḥ).

#### Noun

سَطْح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سُطُوح (suṭūḥ) or أَسْطُح (ʔasṭuḥ))
* surface
* roof
* verbal noun of سَطَحَ (saṭaḥa) (form I)

##### Derived terms

* سَطْحِيّ (saṭḥiyy)

##### Descendants

* 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

### References

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

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

سطح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سطوح (suṭūḥ))
* roof

## Malay
### Noun

سطح (plural سطح-سطح or سطح٢, informal 1st possessive سطحکو, 2nd possessive سطحمو, 3rd possessive سطحڽ)
* Jawi spelling of satah‎

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stˤaħ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sath]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sät̪ʰ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sät̪ʰ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sät̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sät̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæt̪ʰ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sät̪ʰ]

### Noun

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?

#### Derived terms

* سطح پیما (sath-peymâ, “planimeter”)

#### Descendants

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

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَطَّحَ (saṭṭaḥa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /satˤ.tˤaħ/, [ˈsˤɑtˤ.tˤɑħ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

سطّح • (saṭṭaḥ) II (present بسطّح (bisaṭṭeḥ))
* to flatten

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /satˤħ/, [ˈsˤɑ.tˤ(ɪ)ħ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

سطح • (saṭḥ) m (plural سطوح (sṭūḥ))
* surface
* roof (flat roof)

##### See also

* سقف (saʔf, “ceiling; roof”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /sə.t̪əɦ/

### Noun

سَطْح • (sath) f (Hindi spelling सतह)
* level, surface

### References

* “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, 2025.