استراحة

Arabic

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/

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Noun

اِسْتِرَاحَة • (istirāḥa) f (plural اِسْتِرَاحَات (istirāḥāt))

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa) (form X)
2. reposing, resting
3. tranquility
4. pausing
5. rest
6. pause
7. (uncommon) smelling

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥa	الِاسْتِرَاحَة al-istirāḥa	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥat
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَةٌ istirāḥatun	الِاسْتِرَاحَةُ al-istirāḥatu	اِسْتِرَاحَةُ istirāḥatu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَةً istirāḥatan	الِاسْتِرَاحَةَ al-istirāḥata	اِسْتِرَاحَةَ istirāḥata
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَةٍ istirāḥatin	الِاسْتِرَاحَةِ al-istirāḥati	اِسْتِرَاحَةِ istirāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْن istirāḥatayn	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْن al-istirāḥatayn	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَانِ istirāḥatāni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَانِ al-istirāḥatāni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَا istirāḥatā
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَات istirāḥāt	الِاسْتِرَاحَات al-istirāḥāt	اِسْتِرَاحَات istirāḥāt
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٌ istirāḥātun	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتُ al-istirāḥātu	اِسْتِرَاحَاتُ istirāḥātu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ istirāḥāti
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ istirāḥāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istirahət
• → Indonesian: istirahat
• → Persian: استراحت (esterâhat)
  • → Urdu: استراحت (isterāhat)
• → Swahili: starehe
• → Ottoman Turkish: استراحت
  • → Turkish: istirahat
• → Uzbek: istirohat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استراحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “روح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa). Equivalent to the verbal noun of استراح (istarāḥ, “to rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħe/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
• IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]

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Noun

استراحة • (istirāḥa) f

1. rest, break, intermission

   لمّا بدرس للامتحانات، بالعادة باخد استراحة واحدة بس لمدة نصّ ساعة.

   lamma badros lil-imtiḥānāt bil-ʕāda bāḵod istirāḥa wāḥde bas la-moddet nuṣṣ sāʕa

   When I study for exams, I usually just take one half-hour break.