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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