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.

   Synonyms: nahal, wash

Translations

a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season

• Catalan: uadi m
• Czech: vádí (cs) n
• Dutch: wadi (nl) m
• Egyptian: jnt
• Finnish: vadi (fi)
• French: oued (fr) m
• German: Wadi (de) n
• Hebrew: ואדי (he)
• Hungarian: vádi (hu)
• Italian: uadi
• Polish: ued (pl) m, wadi (pl) f, wadis (pl) m
• Portuguese: uádi m
• Spanish: rambla (es) f, uadi m

Anagrams

• DWAI, Waid, waid

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

1. (geology) wadi
2. (ecology, urban studies) urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)

Synonyms

• rivierdal

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

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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. Alternative form of wodi (“ward”)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 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