barchan

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English[edit]

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A barchan.

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Etymology[edit]

From Russian барха́н (barxán), from Kazakh барқан (barqan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːn/, /bɑː(ɹ)ˈxɑːn/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

barchan (plural barchans)

  1. An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.
    • 1966, Edwin Sherbon Hills, Arid Lands: A Geographical Appraisal[1], page 72:
      The sand is usually very well sorted in barchans, for it is constantly re-worked as the dune ‘marches’. The marching also causes cross-bedding inside the barchan, with a dip parallel to the sand-fall face.
    • 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 69:
      But to follow the dunes around the foot of their slopes is also tedious and one can walk for half a kilometre east or west, finding one barchan linked to another and no easy way through [] .
    • 2008, Julie Laity, Deserts and Desert Environments[2], page 205:
      Barchans and transverse dunes are essentially of the same type, forming and migrating under a unidirectional wind regime. The difference between the two is related to the amount of sand: barchans are isolated mounds, whereas transverse dunes are composed of many barchans coalesced into a single, longer dune form (Tsoar 2001).
    • 2010, Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson, Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes[3], page 482:
      Perhaps the most distinctive is the barchan dune, an isolated crescentic form with arms that stretch downwind. Barchans are not huge, often with heights of only a few meters.

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Polish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish barchan, from Old High German barchan, from Arabic بركان.

Noun[edit]

barchan m inan

  1. fustian
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Derived terms[edit]
adjective

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Kazakh барқан (barqan) or from Turkmen.

Noun[edit]

barchan m inan

  1. barchan
    Hypernym: wydma
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
adjective

Further reading[edit]

  • barchan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • barchan in Polish dictionaries at PWN