deriv► minṭaqaẗ ʕašwāʔiyyaẗ, n.f., informal settlement, slum. ► ʕašwāʔiyyāt, n., haphazard communities, informal settlements, ‘mushroom city’, slums: nominalized nsb-adj., f.pl., from ʕašwāʔ, lit. *‘the haphazard(ly built) ones (sc., settlements)’.