حظيرة

Arabic

حَظِيرَة

Etymology

From the root ح ظ ر (ḥ-ẓ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ðˁiː.ra/

Noun

حَظِيرَة (ḥaẓīra) f (plural حَظَائِر (ḥaẓāʾir))

  1. enclosure, area to keep something
    1. pen, corral, coop; barn, byre
      • 2019 February 9, “عاصم نمر سومطرة النادر يقتل شريكته في حديقة حيوان لندن في أول لقاء بينهما”, in BBC Arabic, archived from the original on 2019-03-10:
        وبعد قضاء بعض الوقت في حظيرة النمور للتعود على المكان الجديد، جرى جمع الاثنين ليألفا بعضهما البعض.
        After spending some time in the tiger enclosure for getting used to the new place, the two have have been gathered together so they get used to each other.
    2. hangar, deck
  2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): (figuratively) realm, domain

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.