dira

See also: Dira, dirá, díra, dirà, and dīrā

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, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, RAID, arid, dari, raid, riad

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɾa/, [d̪i.ɾa]

Verb

dira

1. Third-person plural (haiek) present indicative form of izan.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧ra

Adverb

dira

1. there

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ʁa/

• Audio

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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

• dīra: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
• dīra: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
• dīrā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.raː/, [ˈd̪iːräː]
• dīrā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]

Adjective

dīra

1. inflection of dīrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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 دِيرَة‎ (dīra, “route”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dira (n class, plural dira)

1. compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) 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

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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