صهريج

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Arabic

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Etymology

From Middle Persian *čāhrēg, from (cʾh /⁠čāh⁠/, pit, well) +‎ (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, sand), or from Middle Persian *čahrīg, from (cʾhr /⁠čahr⁠/, wheel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤih.riːd͡ʒ/, /sˤah.riːd͡ʒ/

Noun

صِهْرِيج or صَهْرِيج (ṣihrīj or ṣahrījm (plural صَهَارِيج (ṣahārīj))

  1. water tank; cistern
  2. vehicle used for carrying water
  3. (biology) cisterna

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Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صهريج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 529
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صهريج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1738
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صهريج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 731

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic صَهْرِيج (ṣahrīj).

Pronunciation

Noun

صهريج (ṣahrījm (plural صهارج (ṣhārij))

  1. reservoir
  2. pool
  3. tank