sebkha

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛbkə/, /ˈsɛbxə/

Noun

sebkha (plural sebkhas)

  1. Alternative form of sabkha
    • 1949, Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky:
      And so it was that when the sun came up he looked between two oleanders and saw it reflected red across the miles of glittering salt sebkha that lay between him and the mountains.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْخَة (sabḵa, salt flat).

Pronunciation

Noun

sebkha f (plural sebkhas)

  1. (geology) sabkha
    Synonym: chott
    Les chotts ou sebkhas sont autant de lacs et d’étangs salés où l’évaporation de l’été dépose une couche de sel brut.

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