Arabic

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Root
ء ز م (ʔ z m)
3 terms

Noun

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أَزْمَة (ʔazmaf (plural أَزَمَات (ʔazamāt))

  1. dearth, scarcity
  2. crisis

Declension

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References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “أزمة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أزمة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

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ء ز م
1 term
 
أزمة في الفلبينtraffic in the Philippines

Etymology

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From Arabic أَزْمَة (ʔazma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔaz.me/, [ˈʔaz.me]
  • IPA(key): /ʔaz.ma/, [ˈʔaz.ma]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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أزمة (ʔazmef (plural أزمات (ʔazamāt))

  1. crisis
  2. traffic
    Synonym: سير (sēr)