dira
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dira"
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).
Noun
editdira (plural diras)
- The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490:
- 13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490:
Anagrams
editBasque
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editdira (masculine allocutive dituk, feminine allocutive ditun)
Cebuano
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: di‧ra
Adverb
editdira
French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editdira
Anagrams
editHiligaynon
editAdverb
editdirâ
See also
editLatin
editEtymology
editInflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).
Pronunciation
edit- dīra: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.ra]
- dīra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪iː.ra]
- dīrā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.raː]
- dīrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪iː.ra]
Adjective
editdīra
- inflection of dīrus:
Adjective
editdīrā
References
edit- “dira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian
editVerb
editdira (Cyrillic spelling дира)
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic دِيرَة (dīra, “route”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdira class IX (plural dira class X)
- compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
References
edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107 Nr. 955
Yaygir
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.
Noun
editdira
Further reading
edit- Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN
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