استراحة

Arabic

Root
ر و ح (r-w-ḥ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/
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Noun

اِسْتِرَاحَة • (istirāḥa) f (plural اِسْتِرَاحَات (istirāḥāt))

verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa) (form X)
reposing, resting
tranquility
pausing
rest
pause
(uncommon) smelling

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥa	الِاسْتِرَاحَة al-istirāḥa	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥat
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَةٌ istirāḥatun	الِاسْتِرَاحَةُ al-istirāḥatu	اِسْتِرَاحَةُ istirāḥatu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَةً istirāḥatan	الِاسْتِرَاحَةَ al-istirāḥata	اِسْتِرَاحَةَ istirāḥata
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَةٍ istirāḥatin	الِاسْتِرَاحَةِ al-istirāḥati	اِسْتِرَاحَةِ istirāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْن istirāḥatayn	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْن al-istirāḥatayn	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَانِ istirāḥatāni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَانِ al-istirāḥatāni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَا istirāḥatā
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ istirāḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَات istirāḥāt	الِاسْتِرَاحَات al-istirāḥāt	اِسْتِرَاحَات istirāḥāt
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٌ istirāḥātun	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتُ al-istirāḥātu	اِسْتِرَاحَاتُ istirāḥātu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ istirāḥāti
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ istirāḥāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: istirahət
→ Indonesian: istirahat
→ Persian: استراحت (esterâhat)
- → Urdu: استراحت (isterāhat)
→ Swahili: starehe
→ Ottoman Turkish: استراحت
- → Turkish: istirahat
→ Uzbek: istirohat

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استراحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “روح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa). Equivalent to the verbal noun of استراح (istarāḥ, “to rest”) .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħe/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]

IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
Audio (Amman) (file)

Noun

استراحة • (istirāḥa) f

rest, break, intermission
لمّا بدرس ل لامتحانات، بالعادة باخد استراحة واحدة بس ل مدة نصّ ساعة.
lamma badros lil-imtiḥānāt bil-ʕāda bāḵod istirāḥa wāḥde bas la-moddet nuṣṣ sāʕa
When I study for exams, I usually just take one half-hour break.

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