wadi
See also: Wadi
English edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
Translations edit
a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season
Anagrams edit
Dupaningan Agta edit
Noun edit
wadi
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wa‧di
Noun edit
wadi m (plural wadi's)
- (geology) wadi
- (ecology, urban studies) urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)
Synonyms edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
wadi
- Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wadi m (plural wadis)
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).
Noun edit
wadi (n class, plural wadi)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
wadi (n class, plural wadi)
- Alternative form of wodi (“ward”)
References edit
- 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 302 No. 2907