واحة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħa/

Noun

وَاحَة • (wāḥa) f (plural وَاحَات (wāḥāt)).

1. oasis

Declension

Declension of noun وَاحَة (wāḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاحَة wāḥa	الْوَاحَة al-wāḥa	وَاحَة wāḥat
Nominative	وَاحَةٌ wāḥatun	الْوَاحَةُ al-wāḥatu	وَاحَةُ wāḥatu
Accusative	وَاحَةً wāḥatan	الْوَاحَةَ al-wāḥata	وَاحَةَ wāḥata
Genitive	وَاحَةٍ wāḥatin	الْوَاحَةِ al-wāḥati	وَاحَةِ wāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاحَتَيْن wāḥatayn	الْوَاحَتَيْن al-wāḥatayn	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
Nominative	وَاحَتَانِ wāḥatāni	الْوَاحَتَانِ al-wāḥatāni	وَاحَتَا wāḥatā
Accusative	وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni	الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
Genitive	وَاحَتَيْنِ wāḥatayni	الْوَاحَتَيْنِ al-wāḥatayni	وَاحَتَيْ wāḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاحَات wāḥāt	الْوَاحَات al-wāḥāt	وَاحَات wāḥāt
Nominative	وَاحَاتٌ wāḥātun	الْوَاحَاتُ al-wāḥātu	وَاحَاتُ wāḥātu
Accusative	وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin	الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti	وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti
Genitive	وَاحَاتٍ wāḥātin	الْوَاحَاتِ al-wāḥāti	وَاحَاتِ wāḥāti

Descendants

• → Persian: واحه
• → Indonesian: wahah
• → Malay: wahah
• → Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vahā)

  > Turkish: vaha (inherited)

• → Tatar: ваһа (waha)
• → Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe)
• → Uzbek: voha

References

• Peter Behnstedt (2006) “Coptic Loanwoards”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Malay

Noun

واحة (plural واحة-واحة or واحة۲, informal 1st possessive واحةکو, 2nd possessive واحةمو, 3rd possessive واحةڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of wahah