فضا

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /fə.ðˤə/

Noun

فضا • (faḏ̣a) m

1. outer space

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَضَا (faḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /fɪ.ðˤə/

Verb

فضا • (fiḏ̣a)

1. Alternative form of فضى (fiḏ̣a, “to become empty”)

Persian

Alternative forms

• فضاء

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ˈzɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.zɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.zɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.zɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.zɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.zɒ́ː], [fe.zɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.zɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	fazā
Iranian reading?	fazâ, fezâ
Tajik reading?	fazo

Noun

Dari	فضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фазо

فضا • (fazâ) (plural فضاها (fazâ-hâ))

1. space (intervening contents of a volume)
2. (mathematics, physics) space

Derived terms

• فضایی (fazâyi)
• فضاپیما (fazâpeymâ)
• فضازمان (fazâ-zamân)
• فضای بیرونی (fazâ-ye biruni)
• فضانورد (fazânavard)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ض ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

• فضاء (faḍāʔ, formal)

Etymology

From Arabic فَضاء (faḍāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dˤa/, [ˈfɑ.dˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

فضا • (faḍa) m

1. void, space
2. daylight

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَضَا (fazā), from Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.zɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /fɪ.zɑː/

Noun

فَضا • (fazā) f (Hindi spelling फ़िज़ा)

1. (chiefly) air, atmosphere

   Synonym: کُرَۂ ہَوائِی (kura-yi havāī)

   کُھلی فَضا میں چَہَل قَدْمی کَریں۔

   khulī fazā mẽ cahal qadmī karẽ.

   Stroll in the open air.

2. ambience
3. (originally) space

   Synonym: مَکان (makān)

Declension

Declension of فضا
	singular	plural
direct	فَضا (fazā)	فَضایں (fazāẽ)
oblique	فَضا (fazā)	فَضاوں (fazāõ)
vocative	فَضا (fazā)	فَضاو (fazāo)

Further reading

• “فضا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فضا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فضا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.