wadi
See also: Wadi
English
Etymology
From Arabic وَادِي, وَادٍ (wādī, wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑdi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
- A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
Translations
a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
Anagrams
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
wadi
Dutch
Etymology
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wa‧di
Noun
wadi m (plural wadi's)
- (geology) wadi
- (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
- romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwadi/ [ˈwa.ð̞i]
- Rhymes: -adi
- Syllabification: wa‧di
Noun
wadi m (plural wadis)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Etymology 1
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).[1]
Noun
wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)
Etymology 2
Noun
wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)
- alternative form of waladi (“son”)
Etymology 3
Noun
wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)
- alternative form of wodi (“ward”)
References
- ^ 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