راحة

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Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
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Etymology 1

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Noun

رَاحَة (rāḥaf

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa) (form I)
  2. rest
  3. recreation, leisure
  4. comfort, ease
  5. ample space, wide room, a free space
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-, modified by the meaning of an ample or wide space of the above word.

Noun

رَاحَة (rāḥaf (plural رَاحَات (rāḥāt) or رَاح (rāḥ))

  1. palm of the hand
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

Noun

راحة (rāḥaf

  1. rest
  2. Turkish delight, locoum