فضاء

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَضَا‎ (faḍā, “to be or become spacious”), from the root ف ض و‎ (f-ḍ-w) or ف ض ي‎ (f-ḍ-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.dˤaːʔ/
  • (file)

Noun

فَضاء • (faḍāʔ) m (plural أَفْضِيَة‎ (ʔafḍiya))

  1. vast and unlimited space, empty space
  2. (countable) open area, open country
  3. (physics) space, cosmic space, cosmos

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: فضا‎ (feza)
  • → Persian: فضا‎ (fazâ)
  • → Urdu: فضا‎ (fazā)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَضاء‎ (faḍāʔ).

Noun

فضاء • (faḍāʔ) m

  1. (formal) Alternative form of فضا‎ (faḍa, “void, space”)

Derived terms

  • الفضاء الخارجي‎ (il-faḍāʔ il-ḵāriji, “outer space”)
  • سفينة فضاء (safīnet faḍāʔ, “spaceship”)
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