وادی

See also: وادي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Noun

وادی • (vadi) (plural وادیه)

1. valley
2. stream (in a valley)

Descendants

• Turkish: vadi

See also

• دره (derre)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “وادی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1296
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “وادی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waː.ˈdiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.d̪í]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	wādī
Dari reading?	wādī
Iranian reading?	vâdi
Tajik reading?	vodi

Noun

وادی • (wādī / vâdi) (Tajik spelling водӣ)

1. wadi, ravine

Descendants

• Tajik: водӣ (vodi)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वादी (vādī)

  Urdu: وادی (vādī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਦੀ (vādī)

  Shahmukhi script: وادی (vādī)

See also

• دره (darra / darre)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وادی (wādī), from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.d̪iː/

Noun

وادی • (vādī) f (Hindi spelling वादी)

1. valley