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English
Etymology
From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).
Noun
dira (plural diras)
- The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
Anagrams
- Radi, raid, Rida, RAID, arid, Dair, dari, riad, Aird, Irad, Dari, IARD
Basque
Pronunciation
Verb
dira (masculine allocutive dituk, feminine allocutive ditun)
- Third-person plural (haiek) present indicative form of izan.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adverb
dira
- there
French
Pronunciation
Verb
dira
- third-person singular future of dire
Anagrams
Hiligaynon
Adverb
dirâ
- there, yonder
Latin
Etymology
Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dīra
- inflection of dīrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
dīrā
- ablative feminine singular of dīrus
References
- “dira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
dira (Cyrillic spelling дира)
- third-person singular present of dirati
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic دِيرَة (dīra, “route”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dira (n class, plural dira)
- compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 107 Nr. 955
Yaygir
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.
Noun
dira
- tooth
Further reading
- Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN