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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian *čāhrēg, from [script needed] (cʾh /⁠čāh⁠/, pit, well) +‎ [script needed] (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, sand), or from Middle Persian *čahrīg, from [script needed] (cʾhr /⁠čahr⁠/, wheel).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sˤih.riːd͡ʒ/, /sˤah.riːd͡ʒ/

Noun

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صِهْرِيج or صَهْرِيج (ṣihrīj or ṣahrījm (plural صَهَارِيج (ṣahārīj))

  1. water tank; cistern
  2. vehicle used for carrying water
  3. (biology) cisterna

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صهريج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 529
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صهريج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1738
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صهريج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 731

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَهْرِيج (ṣahrīj).

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Noun

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صهريج (ṣahrījm (plural صهارج (ṣhārij))

  1. reservoir
  2. pool
  3. tank