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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