سياحة

See also: سباحة‎ and شباحة‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ي ح‎ (s-y-ḥ); compare سَاحَ‎ (sāḥa, “to travel”).

Noun

سِيَاحَة • (siyāḥa) f (plural سِيَاحَات‎ (siyāḥāt))

  1. verbal noun of سَاحَ‎ (sāḥa) (form I)
  2. tourism
  3. long journey, trip
  4. pilgrimage

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: səyahət
  • → Bashkir: сәйәхәт (säyäxät, “journey”)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سیاحت‎
  • → Persian: سیاحت‎ (seyâhat)
  • → Turkmen: syýahat
  • → Uzbek: sayohat

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سياحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سياحة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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