chott

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ‎ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃɑt/[1][2][3]
• Homophones: shott, shot

chott (plural chotts)

1. (geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.

• shott
• shatt, shat

• sabkha

• playa

• 1. “chott” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. “chott” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  3. shott in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Borrowed from Arabic شَطّ‎ (šaṭṭ).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔt/

chott m (plural chotts)

1. (geology) chott

• sebkha