See also: روضه

Arabic edit

Root
ر و ض (r-w-ḍ)

Noun edit

رَوْضَة (rawḍaf (plural رَوْضَات (rawḍāt) or رِيَاض (riyāḍ))

  1. garden, meadow
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:15:
      فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَهُمْ فِي رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ
      faʔammā allaḏīna ʔāmanū waʕamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fahum fī rawḍatin yuḥbarūna
      And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.
  2. kindergarten

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈroːðˤə/
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈroːðˤət/ (construct)

Noun edit

روضة (rōḏ̣af (plural روضات (rōḏ̣āt), construct روضة (rōḏ̣at))

  1. kindergarten
    فاطمة بالروضة صارت ولا للحينها بالحضانة؟
    Is Fatma in kindergarten now or is she still in the nursery?

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa, garden, meadow).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ruːdˤa/, /rawdˤa/

Noun edit

رُوضة or رَوْضة (rūḍa or rawḍaf (plural رُوضات (rūḍāt) or رَوْضات (rawḍāt))

  1. graveyard