wadi

See also: Wadi

English

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ‎ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑdi/

Noun

wadi (plural wadis or wadies)

  1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
    Synonym: nahal

Translations

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

  1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ‎ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

  1. (geology) wadi

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

wadi

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwadi/ [ˈwa.ð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -adi
  • Syllabification: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadis)

  1. wadi

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَادٍ‎ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Noun

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

  1. gully

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ward.

Noun

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

  1. ward (part of a hospital where patients reside)

References
  • Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302 No. 2907
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