wadi

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑdi/

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

• DWAI, Waid, waid

wadi

1. younger sibling

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

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• Hyphenation: wa‧di

wadi m (plural wadi's)

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

• rivierdal

wadi

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹

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

wadi m (plural wadis)

1. wadi

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

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

1. gully

Borrowed from English ward.

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

1. Alternative form of wodi (“ward”)

• 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