dira

Alternative forms

• dirah, diraa

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

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

Adverb

dira

1. there

Verb

dira

1. third-person singular future of dire

Anagrams

• raid
• rida

Adverb

dirâ

1. there, yonder

Etymology

Inflected form of dīrus (“fearful”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ra/

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.raː/

References

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

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِرَة‎ (dāʾira, “circle”).

Noun

dira (n class, plural dira)

1. compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

dira

1. tooth

Further reading

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