فضا

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

فضا • (faḏ̣am

  1. outer space

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَضَا (faḍā).

Pronunciation

Verb

فضا • (fiḏ̣a)

  1. alternative form of فضى (fiḏ̣a, to become empty)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fazā
Dari reading? fazā
Iranian reading? fazâ, fezâ
Tajik reading? fazo

Noun

Dari فضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik фазо

فضا • (fazâ) (plural فضاها)

  1. space (intervening contents of a volume)
  2. (mathematics, physics) space

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ض ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic فَضاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.dˤa/, [ˈfɑ.dˤɑ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

فضا • (faḍam

  1. void, space
  2. daylight

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَضَا (fazā), from Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ)

Pronunciation

Noun

فَضا • (fazāf (Hindi spelling फ़िज़ा)

  1. (chiefly) air, atmosphere
    Synonym: کُرَۂ ہَوائِی (kura-yi havāī)
    کُھلی فَضا میں چَہَل قَدْمی کَریں۔
    khulī fazā mẽ cahal qadmī karẽ.
    Stroll in the open air.
  2. ambience
  3. (originally) space
    Synonym: مَکان (makān)

Declension

Declension of فضا
singular plural
direct فَضا (fazā) فَضایں (fazāẽ)
oblique فَضا (fazā) فَضاوں (fazāõ)
vocative فَضا (fazā) فَضاو (fazāo)

Further reading

  • فضا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • فضا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فضا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.