Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Noun edit

رَاحَة (rāḥaf

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa) (form I)
  2. rest
  3. recreation, leisure
  4. comfort, ease
  5. ample space, wide room, a free space
Declension edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-, modified by the meaning of an ample or wide space of the above word.

Noun edit

رَاحَة (rāḥaf (plural رَاحَات (rāḥāt) or رَاح (rāḥ))

  1. palm of the hand
Declension edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħe/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

راحة (rāḥaf

  1. rest
  2. Turkish delight, locoum