بيداء

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ب ي د (b-y-d)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

بَيْدَاء (baydāʔf (dual بَيْدَاوَان (baydāwān), plural بِيد (bīd) or بَيْدَاوَات (baydāwāt))

  1. (literary) desert, waterless desert
    Synonyms: فَلَاة (falāh), صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ), مَفَازَة (mafāza); see also Thesaurus:صحراء
    • اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ
      al-ḵaylu wa-l-laylu wa-l-baydāʔu taʕrifunī / wa-s-sayfu wa-r-rumḥu wa-l-qirṭāsu wa-l-qalamu
      The steed, the night and the desert all know me / As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen.

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