sebkha
English
Pronunciation
Noun
sebkha (plural sebkhas)
- Alternative form of sabkha
- 1949, Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky:
- And so it was that when the sun came up he looked between two oleanders and saw it reflected red across the miles of glittering salt sebkha that lay between him and the mountains.
- 1949, Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky:
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَبْخَة (sabḵa, “salt flat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sebkha f (plural sebkhas)
- (geology) sabkha
- Les chotts ou sebkhas sont autant de lacs et d’étangs salés où l’évaporation de l’été dépose une couche de sel brut.
Synonyms
Further reading
- “sebkha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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