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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sahrawi

/səˈɹɑːwi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
sahrawi
IPA
/səˈɹɑːwi/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Western Sahara, the Sahrawi people or their language Hassaniya Arabic.

noun

A person from Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara).

Etymology

From Arabic صَحْرَاوِيّ (ṣaḥrāwiyy, “of the desert”), from صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: صَحْرَاوِيّ, ص ح ر

Inflected Forms

Saharawi (alternative) Sahraoui (alternative) Sahroui (alternative) Saharoui (alternative) Sahrawis (plural)

Phrases

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Questions

How do you pronounce sahrawi?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈɹɑːwi/.
What does sahrawi mean?
Of, from, or pertaining to Western Sahara, the Sahrawi people or their language Hassaniya Arabic.
Where does sahrawi come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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