بيداء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ي د‎ (b-y-d).

Noun

بَيْدَاء • (baydāʾ) f (dual بَيْدَاوَانِ‎ (baydāwāni), plural بَيْدَاوَات‎ (baydāwāt) or بِيد‎ (bīd) or بَيَادٍ‎ (bayādin) or بَيَادَى‎ (bayādā))

  1. (literary) desert, waterless desert
    ‏اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ‎
    al-ḵaylu wal-laylu wal-baydāʾu taʿrifunī / was-sayfu war-rumḥu wal-qirṭāsu wal-qalamu
    The steed, the night and the desert all know me / As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen.

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