وادی

See also: وادي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Noun

وادی • (vadi) (plural وادیه)

1. valley
2. stream (in a valley)

Descendants

• Turkish: vadi

See also

• دره (derre)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وادی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1296
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وادی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ˈðiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāḏī
Dari reading?	wādī
Iranian reading?	vâdi
Tajik reading?	vodī

Noun

Dari	وادی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	водӣ

وادی • (vâdi)

1. wadi, ravine

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਦੀ (vādī)

  → Punjabi: وادی (wādī)

• → Tajik: водӣ (vodī)
• → Urdu: وادی (wādī)

See also

• دره (darre)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وادی (wādī), from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.d̪iː/

Noun

وادی • (vādī) f (Hindi spelling वादी)

1. valley