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زاوِيَة
angle /ˈzaː.wi.ja/
nounB1#1538 most common
Also: corner, point of view, Sufi lodge
Example sentences
الزّاوِيَة قائِمَة.
The angle is a right angle.
الكُرْسِيُّ في زاوِيَةِ الغُرْفَة.
The chair is in the corner of the room.
قِسْتُ الزّاوِيَةَ بِالمِنْقَلَة.
I measured the angle with the protractor.
مَجْموعُ زَوايا المُثَلَّثِ مِئَةٌ وَثَمانونَ دَرَجَة.
The sum of a triangle's angles is one hundred eighty degrees.
نَظَرَ إلى المُشكِلَةِ مِنْ زاوِيَةٍ مُخْتَلِفَة.
He looked at the problem from a different angle.
يُحاوِلُ الصَّحَفِيُّ أَنْ يُغَطِّيَ القَضِيَّةَ مِنْ كُلِّ زاوِيَة.
The journalist tries to cover the issue from every angle.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زاوِيَةٌ | زَوايا |
| Genitive | زاوِيَةٍ | زَوايا |
| Accusative | زاوِيَةً | زَوايا |
| Vocative | يا زاوِيَة | يا زَوايا |
Word family
زاوِيَةangle, corner
زَوىto fold, to draw together
انْزَوىto withdraw into a corner
مُنْزَوٍsecluded, set apart
زَواياcorners, angles (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root z-w-y, which carries the sense of folding or drawing together. A corner is the place where two lines or walls are drawn together. The same root gives the verb for withdrawing into a corner.
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