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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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WāḤ واح 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD – • © SG | 15Feb2021
√WāḤ 
“root” 
Only in ↗wāḥaẗ ‘oasis’. 
See ↗wāḥaẗ ‘oasis’. 
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See CONC. 
▪ See ↗wāḥaẗ. 
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wāḥaẗ واحَة , pl. ‑āt 
ID 904 • Sw – • BP 3639 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√WĀḤ 
n.f. 
oasis – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Mostly thought to be a borrowing from Copt (S) waḥe ‘oasis; [properly:] dwelling place’, but thought to be older by Corriente2008, hence directly from Eg wḥ3.t ‘region of the Oases’ 
▪ No hit in HDAL for pre-Abbasid sources.
▪ Hava1899 lists also a masculine form: wāḥ (pl. -āt) ‘oasis’ 
▪ No entry in DRS.
▪ … 
▪ Lokotsch1927 #2152, EtymOnline, Behnstedt2006, Westendorf2008: from Copt (S) waḥe ‘oasis; [properly:] dwelling place’ (< Eg wḥ3.t – ErmanGrapow1921, TLAe) (Lokotsch: and Eg sa-, sō ‘to drink’) > Ar wāḥaẗ, Grk óasis > lLat oasis > Fr oasis, Engl oasis (C16)
▪ Cf. however Corriente2008: in view of its presence in CA dictionaries, the borrowing must have happened much earlier, from Eg wḥ3.t ‘region of the Oases’. 
▪ (Eg wḥ3.t >) Copt (S) waḥe ‘oasis; [properly:] dwelling place’ not only gave Ar wāḥaẗ but also Grk óasis, whence lLat oasis > Fr oasis, Engl oasis (C16), Ge Oase (C18).
 
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