شريط القياس مع الترزي.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be:

shirīṭ el-ʔiyās maʿ et-tarazi

A few notes:

• شريط → shirīṭ
• القياس → el-ʔiyās
• مع → maʿ or maʿa
• الترزي → et-tarazi

In fast speech, مع is often shortened to maʿ.

Because Arabic often uses a nominal sentence in the present tense, with no verb to be.

So:

شريط القياس مع الترزي
literally looks like: measuring tape with the tailor

But in natural English, it means: The measuring tape is with the tailor.

This is completely normal in Arabic. In the present tense, is / am / are is usually not said.

شريط means strip or tape, and القياس means measurement / measuring.

Together, شريط القياس means measuring tape or tape measure.

It is a set phrase:

• شريط = tape / strip
• القياس = measuring

So the whole expression means the tool used for measuring.

This is because the phrase is an iḍāfa construction, often called a noun + noun possessive/linked phrase.

In شريط القياس:

• شريط is the first noun
• القياس is the second noun

The first noun in an iḍāfa usually does not take الـ. The second noun can be definite, and that makes the whole phrase definite.

So:

• شريط القياس = the measuring tape
• not الشريط القياس

This is similar to how Arabic says things like:

• باب البيت = the door of the house
• not الباب البيت

Yes. مع usually means with, but in sentences like this it can also imply that something is in someone’s possession or currently with someone.

So:

شريط القياس مع الترزي
means the measuring tape is with the tailor, in the sense that the tailor has it.

This is very common in Arabic. English also does this sometimes:

• My keys are with Sarah.
• The file is with the manager.

So مع here is not just physical companionship; it can show possession or temporary location.

Yes, الترزي is a very common Egyptian word for tailor.

A learner may also see خياط, which also means tailor. The difference is roughly:

• الترزي = very common in Egyptian Arabic
• الخياط = also correct, and often feels more general or more standard

So in Egyptian Arabic, الترزي sounds very natural.

This is because of the sun letter / moon letter rule.

• ق in القياس is a moon letter, so the ل in الـ is pronounced:

  • القياس → el-ʔiyās

• ت in الترزي is a sun letter, so the ل sound is not pronounced, and the next consonant is doubled:

  • الترزي → et-tarazi

So the spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes depending on the first letter after الـ.

It can function as a full sentence.

Even though it is short, Arabic allows this kind of present-tense nominal sentence:

• شريط القياس = the measuring tape
• مع الترزي = with the tailor

Put together, it means:

The measuring tape is with the tailor.

So yes, it is a complete thought, not just an incomplete fragment.

The sentence is understandable, and an Egyptian could say it. But in everyday speech, some people might use slightly different wording.

Possible natural alternatives include:

• شريط القياس عند الترزي = The measuring tape is at the tailor’s / with the tailor.
• المتر مع الترزي = The tape measure is with the tailor.

A few nuance points:

• مع emphasizes that the tailor has it
• عند can mean at or with, and is also very common for possession/location
• المتر is a common everyday word in Egyptian for a measuring tape, especially in practical contexts

So the original sentence is fine, but there are other very natural colloquial ways to say the same thing.