صحراء

Arabic

صَحْرَاء

Etymology

From the root ص ح ر (ṣ-ḥ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaħ.raːʔ/
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Noun

صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ) f (dual صَحْرَاوَان (ṣaḥrāwān), plural صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā) or صَحْرَاوَات (ṣaḥrāwāt) or صَحَارٍ (ṣaḥārin))

  1. desert
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صحراء

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: صحرا (ṣaḥra)
  • Azerbaijani: səhra
  • Bashkir: сәхрә (säxrä)
  • Chagatai: صحرا
    • Uyghur: سەھرا (sehra)
    • Uzbek: sahro
  • English: Sahara
  • French: Sahara
  • Northern Kurdish: sehra
  • Ottoman Turkish: صحرا (sahra)
  • Pashto: صحرا (sahrã)
  • Persian: صحرا (sahrâ), صحراء (sahrâ')
  • Turkmen: sähra

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صحر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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