dira

• dirah, diraa

From Arabic ذِرَاع‎ m (ḏirāʿ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع‎ f (ḏirāʿ, “arm”).

dira (plural diras)

1. 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.

• Aird, Dari, Irad, RAID, arid, raid, riad

dira

1. third-person plural present indicative of izan; They are

• Hyphenation: di‧ra

dira

1. there

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dira

1. third-person singular future of dire

• raid
• rida

dirâ

1. there, yonder

Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ra/

dīra

1. nominative feminine singular of dīrus
2. nominative neuter plural of dīrus
3. accusative neuter plural of dīrus
4. vocative feminine singular of dīrus
5. vocative neuter plural of dīrus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.raː/

dīrā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīrus

• dira in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Arabic دَائِرَة‎ (dāʾira, “circle”).

dira (n class, plural dira)

1. compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

dira

1. tooth

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN