بيداء

• IPA^(key): /baj.daːʔ/

بَيْدَاء • (baydāʔ) f (dual بَيْدَاوَان (baydāwān), plural بِيد (bīd) or بَيْدَاوَات (baydāwāt))

1. (literary) desert, waterless desert

   Synonyms: فَلَاة (falāh), صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ), مَفَازَة (mafāza); see also Thesaurus:صحراء

   • اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ

     al-ḵaylu wa-l-laylu wa-l-baydāʔu taʕrifunī / wa-s-sayfu wa-r-rumḥu wa-l-qirṭāsu wa-l-qalamu

     The steed, the night and the desert all know me / As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen.