سياحة

See also: سباحة and شباحة

Arabic

Root
س ي ح (s-y-ḥ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of سَاحَ (sāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.jaː.ħa/

Noun

سِيَاحَة • (siyāḥa) f (plural سِيَاحَات (siyāḥāt))

1. verbal noun of سَاحَ (sāḥa) (form I)
2. tourism
3. long journey, trip
4. pilgrimage

Declension

Declension of noun سِيَاحَة (siyāḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيَاحَة siyāḥa	السِّيَاحَة as-siyāḥa	سِيَاحَة siyāḥat
Nominative	سِيَاحَةٌ siyāḥatun	السِّيَاحَةُ as-siyāḥatu	سِيَاحَةُ siyāḥatu
Accusative	سِيَاحَةً siyāḥatan	السِّيَاحَةَ as-siyāḥata	سِيَاحَةَ siyāḥata
Genitive	سِيَاحَةٍ siyāḥatin	السِّيَاحَةِ as-siyāḥati	سِيَاحَةِ siyāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيَاحَتَيْن siyāḥatayn	السِّيَاحَتَيْن as-siyāḥatayn	سِيَاحَتَيْ siyāḥatay
Nominative	سِيَاحَتَانِ siyāḥatāni	السِّيَاحَتَانِ as-siyāḥatāni	سِيَاحَتَا siyāḥatā
Accusative	سِيَاحَتَيْنِ siyāḥatayni	السِّيَاحَتَيْنِ as-siyāḥatayni	سِيَاحَتَيْ siyāḥatay
Genitive	سِيَاحَتَيْنِ siyāḥatayni	السِّيَاحَتَيْنِ as-siyāḥatayni	سِيَاحَتَيْ siyāḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيَاحَات siyāḥāt	السِّيَاحَات as-siyāḥāt	سِيَاحَات siyāḥāt
Nominative	سِيَاحَاتٌ siyāḥātun	السِّيَاحَاتُ as-siyāḥātu	سِيَاحَاتُ siyāḥātu
Accusative	سِيَاحَاتٍ siyāḥātin	السِّيَاحَاتِ as-siyāḥāti	سِيَاحَاتِ siyāḥāti
Genitive	سِيَاحَاتٍ siyāḥātin	السِّيَاحَاتِ as-siyāḥāti	سِيَاحَاتِ siyāḥāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səyahət
  • → Tabasaran: сиягьят (sijahjat)
• → Bashkir: сәйәхәт (səyəxət, “journey”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سیاحت
  • Turkish: seyahat
• → Persian: سیاحت (seyâhat)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: सियाहत (siyāhat)
    • Urdu: سِیاحَت (siyāhat)
  • Kazakh: саяхат (saäxat)
• → Turkmen: syýahat
• → Uyghur: ساياھەت (sayahet)
• → Uzbek: sayohat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سياحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سياحة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN