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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