Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
س ي ح (s y ḥ)
3 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb سَاحَ (sāḥa, to travel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَائِح (sāʔiḥm (plural سَائِحُون (sāʔiḥūn) or سُيَّاح (suyyāḥ), feminine سَائِحَة (sāʔiḥa))

  1. tourist
  2. traveler, wanderer
    Synonym: مُسَافِر (musāfir)
  3. visitor
  4. someone who fasts in a mosque or mortifies himself
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:112:
      التَّائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْآمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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  5. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) hermit
  6. wandering dervish

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