wadi
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English
Etymology
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Pronunciation
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) 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
Noun
wadi m (plural wadis)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Noun
wadi (n class, plural wadi)
Etymology 2
Noun
wadi (n class, plural wadi)
- Alternative form of wodi (“ward”)
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 302 No. 2907