فضاء

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَضَا (faḍā, “to be or become spacious”), from the root ف ض و (f-ḍ-w) or ف ض ي (f-ḍ-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.dˤaːʔ/
  • (file)

Noun

فَضَاء • (faḍāʔ) m (plural أَفْضِيَة (ʔafḍiya))

  1. vast and unlimited space, empty space
  2. (countable) open area, open country
  3. (physics) outer space, cosmic space, cosmos
    الفَضَاءُ الخَارِجِيُّ ― al-faḍāʔu al-ḵārijiyyu ― outer space

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: fəza
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فضا (feza)
  • → Persian: فضا (fazâ)
  • → Urdu: فضا (fazā)
  • → Uzbek: fazo

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَضاء (faḍāʔ).

Noun

فضاء • (faḍāʔ) m

  1. (formal) Alternative form of فضا (faḍa, “void, space”)

Derived terms

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