dira

See also: dirá, díra, dirà, and dīrā

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English

Alternative forms

• dirah, diraa

Etymology

From Arabic ذِرَاع‎ m (ḏirāʿ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع‎ f (ḏirāʿ, “arm”).

Noun

dira (plural diras)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Aird, Dari, Irad, RAID, arid, raid, riad

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Basque

Verb

dira

1. third-person plural present indicative of izan; They are

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧ra

Adverb

dira

1. there

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dira

1. third-person singular future of dire

Anagrams

• raid
• rida

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Hiligaynon

Adverb

dirâ

1. there, yonder

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Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ra/

Adjective

dīra

1. nominative feminine singular of dīrus
2. nominative neuter plural of dīrus
3. accusative neuter plural of dīrus
4. vocative feminine singular of dīrus
5. vocative neuter plural of dīrus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.raː/

Adjective

dīrā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīrus

References

• dira in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِرَة‎ (dāʾira, “circle”).

Noun

dira (n class, plural dira)

1. compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

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Yaygir

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

dira

1. tooth

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN