dira
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dira"
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”).
Noun edit
dira (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 edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
dira (masculine allocutive dituk, feminine allocutive ditun)
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: di‧ra
Adverb edit
dira
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dira
Anagrams edit
Hiligaynon edit
Adverb edit
dirâ
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).
Pronunciation edit
- dīra: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
- dīra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
- dīrā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.raː/, [ˈd̪iːräː]
- dīrā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ra/, [ˈd̪iːrä]
Adjective edit
dīra
- inflection of dīrus:
Adjective edit
dīrā
References edit
- “dira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
dira (Cyrillic spelling дира)
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic دِيرَة (dīra, “route”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun edit
dira (n class, plural dira)
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.
Noun edit
dira
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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