راحة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Root
ر و ح‎ (r-w-ḥ)

Noun

رَاحَة • (rāḥa) f

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of رَاحَ‎ (rāḥa) (form I)
  2. rest
  3. recreation, leisure
  4. comfort, ease
  5. ample space, wide room, a free space
Declension
Descendants
  • → Armenian: ռահաթ (ṙahatʿ)
  • → Azerbaijani: rahət, rahat
  • → Bashkir: рәхәт (räxät)
  • → Chagatai: راحت‎
  • → Hindustani:
  • → Malay: rehat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: راحت‎
  • → Pashto: راحت‎
  • → Persian: راحت‎ (râhat)
  • → Punjabi: راحَت‎ (rāḥat)
  • → Sindhi: راحت‎
  • → Swahili: raha
  • → Tatar: рәхәт (räxät)
  • → Turkmen: rahat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-, modified by the meaning of an ample or wide space of the above word.

Noun

رَاحَة • (rāḥa) f (plural رَاحَات‎ (rāḥāt) or رَاح‎ (rāḥ))

  1. palm of the hand
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح‎

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة‎ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħe/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

راحة • (rāḥa) f

  1. rest
  2. Turkish delight, locoum
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