dira

== English == === Alternative forms === dirah, diraa === Etymology === From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”). === 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. === Anagrams === Radi, raid, Rida, RAID, arid, Dair, dari, riad, Aird, Irad, Dari, IARD == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diɾa/ [d̪i.ɾa] Rhymes: -iɾa, -a Hyphenation: di‧ra === Verb === dira (masculine allocutive dituk, feminine allocutive ditun) third-person plural, present indicative of izan (“to be”, intransitive auxiliary) == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: di‧ra === Adverb === dira there == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.ʁa/ === Verb === dira third-person singular future of dire === Anagrams === raid rida == Hiligaynon == === Adverb === dirâ there, yonder === See also === == Latin == === Etymology === Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”). === Pronunciation === dīra: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.ra] dīrā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.raː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.ra] === Adjective === dīra inflection of dīrus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Adjective === dīrā ablative feminine singular of dīrus === References === “dira”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === dira (Cyrillic spelling дира) third-person singular present of dirati == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic دِيرَة (dīra, “route”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === dira class IX (plural dira class X) compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions) === References === == Yaygir == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra. === Noun === dira tooth === Further reading === Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN