Eastern Syriac :ܚܵܛܸܪܬܵܐ
Western Syriac :ܚܳܛܶܪܬܳܐ
Root :ܚܛܪ
Eastern phonetic :ḥa: ' tir ' ta:
Category :noun
[Human → Hygiene]
English :a laundry stick ;
French :un bâton de lessive / une batte de lavoir ;
Dialect :Tiari

Cf. ܚܛܵܪܬܵܐ, ܚܘܼܛܪܵܐ

In pre-industrial, societies was doing the laundry by hand so this "stick" (by hitting to clothes) was useful and practical during laundry

Autrefois, la lessive se faisait manuellement, ainsi ce bâton était utile pour frapper le linge pendant la lessive

Source : Other