صهريج

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • صُهَارِج (ṣuhārij)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *čāhrēg, from [script needed] (cʾh /⁠čāh⁠/, pit, well) + [script needed] (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, sand), or from Middle Persian *čahrīg, from [script needed] (cʾhr /⁠čahr⁠/, wheel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤih.riːd͡ʒ/, /sˤah.riːd͡ʒ/

Noun

صِهْرِيج or صَهْرِيج • (ṣihrīj or ṣahrīj) m (plural صَهَارِيج (ṣahārīj))

  1. tank; cistern

Declension

Descendants

  • Moroccan Arabic: صهريج (ṣahrīj), سهريج (sahrīj)
  • Catalan: safareig
  • Galician: chafariz
  • Portuguese: chafariz
  • Spanish: jaraíz, zafareche, zafariche
  • Turkish: sarnıç

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صهريج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 529
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صهريج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1738
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صهريج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 731

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

  • سهريج (sahrīj)

Etymology

From Arabic صَهْرِيج (ṣahrīj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤah.riːʒ/

Noun

صهريج • (ṣahrīj) m (plural صهارج (ṣhārij))

  1. reservoir
  2. pool
  3. tank
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