dira
English
Alternative forms
- dirah, diraa
Noun
dira (plural diras)
- The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490:
- 13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, "Weights and Measures", p. 490:
Latin
Etymology
Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ra/
Adjective
dīra
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.raː/
References
- dira in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Swahili
Yaygir
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.
Further reading
- Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN
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