واحة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.ħa/

Noun

وَاحَة (wāḥa) f (plural وَاحَات (wāḥāt)).

  1. oasis

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: واحه
  • Indonesian: wahah
  • Malay: wahah
  • Turkish: vaha

References

  • Peter Behnstedt (2006), “Coptic Loanwoards”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
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