واحة
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waː.ħa/
Noun
وَاحَة • (wāḥa) f (plural وَاحَات (wāḥāt)).
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَاحَة wāḥa |
الْوَاحَة al-wāḥa |
وَاحَة wāḥat |
| nominative | وَاحَةٌ wāḥatun |
الْوَاحَةُ al-wāḥatu |
وَاحَةُ wāḥatu |
| accusative | وَاحَةً wāḥatan |
الْوَاحَةَ al-wāḥata |
وَاحَةَ wāḥata |
| genitive | وَاحَةٍ wāḥatin |
الْوَاحَةِ al-wāḥati |
وَاحَةِ wāḥati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | وَاحَتَيْن wāḥatayn |
الْوَاحَتَيْن al-wāḥatayn |
وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay |
| nominative | وَاحَتَانِ wāḥatāni |
الْوَاحَتَانِ al-wāḥatāni |
وَاحَتَا wāḥatā |
| accusative | وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni |
الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni |
وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay |
| genitive | وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni |
الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni |
وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَاحَات wāḥāt |
الْوَاحَات al-wāḥāt |
وَاحَات wāḥāt |
| nominative | وَاحَاتٌ wāḥātun |
الْوَاحَاتُ al-wāḥātu |
وَاحَاتُ wāḥātu |
| accusative | وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin |
الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti |
وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti |
| genitive | وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin |
الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti |
وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti |
Descendants
- → Persian: واحه
- → Indonesian: wahah
- → Malay: wahah
- → Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vahā)
- > Turkish: vaha (inherited)
- → Tatar: ваһа (waha)
- → Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe)
- → Uzbek: voha
References
- Peter Behnstedt (2006) “Coptic Loanwoards”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
Malay
Noun
واحة (plural واحة-واحة or واحة٢)