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

Etymology

From Arabic فَضَاء (faḍāʔ).

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

Readings
Classical reading? fazā
Dari 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

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ف ض ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

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

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.
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