واحة

Arabic

Etymology

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Egyptian (wḥꜣt)

Demotic Egyptian wḥj

Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe)bor.

Arabic واحة

Borrowed from Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħa/

Noun

وَاحَة • (wāḥa) f (plural وَاحَات (wāḥāt)).

1. oasis

Declension

Declension of noun وَاحَة (wāḥa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاحَة wāḥa	الْوَاحَة al-wāḥa	وَاحَة wāḥat
nominative	وَاحَةٌ wāḥatun	الْوَاحَةُ al-wāḥatu	وَاحَةُ wāḥatu
accusative	وَاحَةً wāḥatan	الْوَاحَةَ al-wāḥata	وَاحَةَ wāḥata
genitive	وَاحَةٍ wāḥatin	الْوَاحَةِ al-wāḥati	وَاحَةِ wāḥati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاحَتَيْن wāḥatayn	الْوَاحَتَيْن al-wāḥatayn	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
nominative	وَاحَتَانِ wāḥatāni	الْوَاحَتَانِ al-wāḥatāni	وَاحَتَا wāḥatā
accusative	وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni	الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
genitive	وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni	الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاحَات wāḥāt	الْوَاحَات al-wāḥāt	وَاحَات wāḥāt
nominative	وَاحَاتٌ wāḥātun	الْوَاحَاتُ al-wāḥātu	وَاحَاتُ wāḥātu
accusative	وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin	الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti	وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti
genitive	وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin	الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti	وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: وَاحَه (wāha)
  • → Tatar: ваһа (waha)
  • → Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe)
  • → Uzbek: voha
• → Malay: wahah
  • Indonesian: wahah
• → Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vahā)
  • Turkish: vaha

References

• Peter Behnstedt (2006), “Coptic Loanwoards”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Malay

Noun

واحة (plural واحة-واحة or واحة٢)

1. Jawi spelling of wahah.‎