واحة

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Arabic

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Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَاحَة (wāḥaf (plural وَاحَات (wāḥāt)).

  1. oasis

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: واحه
  • Indonesian: wahah
  • Malay: wahah
  • Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vahā)
    > Turkish: vaha (inherited)
  • Tatar: ваһа (waha)
  • Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe)
  • Uzbek: voha

References

  • Peter Behnstedt (2006) “Coptic Loanwoards”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Malay

Noun

واحة (plural واحة-واحة or واحة۲, informal 1st possessive واحةکو, 2nd possessive واحةمو, 3rd possessive واحةڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of wahah