صحراء
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Arabic
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]صَحْرَاء • (ṣaḥrāʔ) f (dual صَحْرَاوَان (ṣaḥrāwān), plural صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā) or صَحْرَاوَات (ṣaḥrāwāt) or صَحَارٍ (ṣaḥārin))
- desert
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صحراء
- الْصَّحْرَاءُ تَمْتُدُ عَلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ وَاسِعَةٍ وَتَتَمِيُزُ بِتَوَاجُدِ الرِّمَالِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْجَافَةِ.
- al-ṣṣaḥrāʔu tamtudu ʕalā masāḥātin wāsiʕatin watatamiyuzu bitawājudi r-rimāli wālʔarḍi l-jāfati.
- The desert extends over vast areas and is characterized by the presence of sand and dry land.
Declension
[edit]singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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indefinite | definite | construct | |
informal | صَحْرَاء ṣaḥrāʔ |
الصَّحْرَاء aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ |
صَحْرَاء ṣaḥrāʔ |
nominative | صَحْرَاءُ ṣaḥrāʔu |
الصَّحْرَاءُ aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔu |
صَحْرَاءُ ṣaḥrāʔu |
accusative | صَحْرَاءَ ṣaḥrāʔa |
الصَّحْرَاءَ aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔa |
صَحْرَاءَ ṣaḥrāʔa |
genitive | صَحْرَاءَ ṣaḥrāʔa |
الصَّحْرَاءِ aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔi |
صَحْرَاءِ ṣaḥrāʔi |
dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
informal | صَحْرَاوَيْن ṣaḥrāwayn |
الصَّحْرَاوَيْن aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayn |
صَحْرَاوَيْ ṣaḥrāway |
nominative | صَحْرَاوَانِ ṣaḥrāwāni |
الصَّحْرَاوَانِ aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāni |
صَحْرَاوَا ṣaḥrāwā |
accusative | صَحْرَاوَيْنِ ṣaḥrāwayni |
الصَّحْرَاوَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayni |
صَحْرَاوَيْ ṣaḥrāway |
genitive | صَحْرَاوَيْنِ ṣaḥrāwayni |
الصَّحْرَاوَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayni |
صَحْرَاوَيْ ṣaḥrāway |
plural | broken plural invariable; sound feminine plural; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
indefinite | definite | construct | |
informal | صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَات; صَحَارِي ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwāt; ṣaḥārī |
الصَّحَارَى; الصَّحْرَاوَات; الصَّحَارِي aṣ-ṣaḥārā; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāt; aṣ-ṣaḥārī |
صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَات; صَحَارِي ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwāt; ṣaḥārī |
nominative | صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتٌ; صَحَارٍ ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwātun; ṣaḥārin |
الصَّحَارَى; الصَّحْرَاوَاتُ; الصَّحَارِي aṣ-ṣaḥārā; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwātu; aṣ-ṣaḥārī |
صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتُ; صَحَارِي ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwātu; ṣaḥārī |
accusative | صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتٍ; صَحَارِيَ ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwātin; ṣaḥāriya |
الصَّحَارَى; الصَّحْرَاوَاتِ; الصَّحَارِيَ aṣ-ṣaḥārā; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāti; aṣ-ṣaḥāriya |
صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتِ; صَحَارِيَ ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwāti; ṣaḥāriya |
genitive | صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتٍ; صَحَارٍ ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwātin; ṣaḥārin |
الصَّحَارَى; الصَّحْرَاوَاتِ; الصَّحَارِي aṣ-ṣaḥārā; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāti; aṣ-ṣaḥārī |
صَحَارَى; صَحْرَاوَاتِ; صَحَارِي ṣaḥārā; ṣaḥrāwāti; ṣaḥārī |
Derived terms
[edit]- الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى (aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ al-kubrā)
- سَفِينَة الصَّحْرَاء (safīnat aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ)
- صَحْرَاوِيّ (ṣaḥrāwiyy)
Descendants
[edit]- Gulf Arabic: صحرا (ṣaḥra)
- → Azerbaijani: səhra
- → Bashkir: сәхрә (səxrə)
- → Chagatai: صحرا
- → English: Sahara
- → French: Sahara
- → Northern Kurdish: sehra
- → Ottoman Turkish: صحرا (sahra)
- Turkish: sahra
- → Pashto: صحرا (sahrã)
- → Persian: صحرا (sahrâ), صحراء (sahrâ')
- → Turkmen: sähra
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “صحر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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- Arabic terms belonging to the root ص ح ر
- Arabic 2-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
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- Arabic nouns with basic diptote singular
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
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- Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural
- Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in
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