حراي

Chadian Arabic

Root
ح ر ر
1 term

Etymology

Related to حار (hārr, “burning”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /harːaːj/
Audio (N'Djamena): (file)

Noun

حراي • (harrāy) f

sun
Synonym: شمس (šamis)
- 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, جامِعة [Ecclesiastes] 1:5:
  الْحَرَّايْ تَطْلَعْ وَ الْحَرَّايْ تَقَعْ […]
  al-harrāy tatlaʔ wa l-harrāy tagaʔ […]
  The sun rises, and the sun goes down […]

References

Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 60
Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 564