wadi

See also: Wadi

English

Etymology

From Arabic وَادِي, وَادٍ (wādī, wādin, valley, riverbed, ravine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑdi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

wadi (plural wadis or wadies)

  1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
    Synonyms: nahal, wash

Translations

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

  1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, valley, riverbed, ravine).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

  1. (geology) wadi
  2. (ecology, urban studies) rain garden, urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

wadi

  1. romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwadi/ [ˈwa.ð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -adi
  • Syllabification: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadis)

  1. wadi

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, valley, riverbed, ravine).[1]

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

  1. gully

Etymology 2

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

  1. alternative form of waladi (son)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English ward.

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

  1. alternative form of wodi (ward)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302 Nr. 2907