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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]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).[1]
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 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 302 No. 2907
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