wadi

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English

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wadi

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Arabic وَادِي, وَادٍ (wādī, wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

wadi (plural wadis or wadies)

1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

   Synonyms: nahal, wash

Translations

a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season

Catalan: uadi m Czech: vádí (cs) n Dutch: wadi (nl) m Egyptian: jnt Finnish: vadi (fi) French: oued (fr) m German: Wadi (de) n Hebrew: ואדי (he) Hungarian: vádi (hu) Italian: uadi Polish: ued (pl) m, wadi (pl) f, wadis (pl) m Portuguese: uádi m Spanish: rambla (es) f, uadi m

Anagrams

• DWAI, Waid, waid

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

1. (geology) wadi
2. (ecology, urban studies) rain garden, urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)

Synonyms

• rivierdal

Gothic

Romanization

wadi

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwadi/ [ˈwa.ð̞i]
• Rhymes: -adi
• Syllabification: wa‧di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadis)

1. wadi

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).^[1]

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

1. gully

Etymology 2

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

1. Alternative form of waladi (“son”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English ward.

Noun

wadi class IX (plural wadi class X)

1. Alternative form of wodi (“ward”)

References

1. 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