راحة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /raː.ħa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Noun

رَاحَة • (rāḥa) f

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of رَاحَ (rāḥa) (form I)
  2. rest
  3. recreation, leisure
  4. comfort, ease
  5. ample space, wide room, a free space
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: ռահաթ (ṙahatʻ)
  • Azerbaijani: rahət, rahat
  • Bashkir: рәхәт (rəxət)
  • Chagatai: راحت
  • Hindustani:
  • Malay: rehat
  • Ottoman Turkish: راحت
  • Pashto: راحت
  • Persian: راحت (râhat)
  • Punjabi: راحَت (rāḥat)
  • Sindhi: راحت
  • Swahili: raha
  • Tatar: рәхәт (räxät)
  • Turkmen: rahat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-, modified by the meaning of an ample or wide space of the above word.

Noun

رَاحَة • (rāḥa) f (plural رَاحَات (rāḥāt) or رَاح (rāḥ))

  1. palm of the hand
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħe/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa/, [ˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

راحة • (rāḥa) f

  1. rest
  2. Turkish delight, locoum
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