3. drought — A prolonged period of dryness as a climatic or meteorological event, emphasizing the temporal condition of water scarcity rather than the quality or the place. 1×
AR["جَفَافٌ"]·ben["খরা"]·DE["[ציה]"]·EN["drought"]·FR["sécheresse"]·heb["צייה"]·HI["सूखा"]·ID["kekeringan"]·IT["drought"]·jav["kering"]·KO["가뭄과"]·PT["Secura"]·RU["засуха"]·ES["Sequía"]·SW["Ukame"]·TR["kuraklık"]·urd["خشکی"]
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Senses
1. dryness, aridity — The abstract quality or state of being dry, parched, or arid, used adjectivally or as an abstract noun describing the condition of desiccation. 10×
AR["القَاحِلَةَ","جَافَّةٍ","قاحِلَةٍ","قَاحِلَةٍ","يابِسَةً","يَابِسَةً","يَابِسَةٍ"]·ben["খরার","শুকনো","শুকনোর","শুষ্ক","শুষ্কতার","শুষ্কের"]·DE["Duerre","[ציה]","dryness","parched"]·EN["drought","dry","dryness","land","of-drought","parched"]·FR["aridité","sécheresse"]·heb["ציה","צייה"]·HI["सूखा","सूखी","सूखे-की"]·ID["kekeringan","kering","yang-kering"]·IT["[ציה]","siccita","siccita'"]·jav["garing","gersang","ingkang-garing","nggaring"]·KO["건조한","마른","메마른","황무지"]·PT["aridez","seca","secura","sequidão","árida"]·RU["засушливой","засушливую","сухая","сухой","сухую"]·ES["seca","sequedad","sequía"]·SW["kame","kavu","mkavu","ukame"]·TR["kurak","kuraklık"]·urd["خشک","خشکی","خُشک","سوکھی"]
2. dry land, arid place — A concrete geographical referent denoting a dry land, wilderness, or arid region — the actual place characterized by lack of water. 5×
AR["القَفرَ","في-القِفار","فِي-الْقَفْرِ","قَاحِلَةٌ","وَ-أَرْضٌ-قَاحِلَةٌ"]·ben["ও-শুষ্ক-জায়গা","মরু-স্থানে","মরুভূমিতে","শুষ্ক-ভূমি","শুষ্কতা"]·DE["Duerre","[ציה]","in-der-trocknen-Land","in-der-trocknen-stellt","und-Duerre"]·EN["a-dry-land","dry-land","in-the-dry-land","in-the-dry-places","wilderness"]·FR["aridité","dans-sécheresse","et-aridité","sécheresse"]·heb["ב-ציה","ב-ציות","ו-צייה","ציה","צייה"]·HI["और-सूखी-भूमि","सूखा","सूखे-स्थान-को","सूखे-स्थान-में","सूखे-स्थानों-में"]·ID["dan-tanah-kering","di-tempat-kering","tanah kering","tanah-kering"]·IT["dry-land","e-siccita","siccita","siccita'"]·jav["ara-ara-samun","garing","ing-ara-ara-samun-garing","tanah-garing","wonten-ing-ara-ara-samun"]·KO["그리고-마른-땅이","마른-곳들-에서","마른-땅-에서","마른-땅으로","메마른-땅을"]·PT["aridez","e-terra-árida","no-deserto","pelos-lugares-secos","terra-seca"]·RU["в-пустыне","засуха","засушливую-землю","и-засуха","по-засушливым-местам"]·ES["en-sequedad","en-sequedades","lo-árido","sequedad","y-la-tierra-seca"]·SW["jangwani","katika-jangwa","na-nchi-kame","nchi-kavu"]·TR["kurak","kurak-yeri","kuraklıklarda","ve-kurak-toprak","çölde"]·urd["اور-خشک-زمین","بِ-بیابان","خشک زمین","خشک-زمین","صحراؤں-میں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִיָּה n.f. dryness, drought;—abs. צ׳ Ho 2:5 +; pl. צִיּוֹת ψ 105:41;—drought Jb 24:19 (‖ חֹם); elsewhere of land (often ‖ מִדְבָּר, עֲרָבָה, etc.): אֶרֶץ צ׳ land of drought, desert Ho 2:5 (sim.), Je 2:6; 50:12 (fig.), 51:43; Is 41:18; 53:2 (in sim.), ψ 107:35; + צָמָא Ez 19:13 (fig.), + שְׁמָמָה Jo 2:20, + עָיֵף ψ 63:2 (fig.); צ׳ = desert Is 35:1; Zp 2:13; Jb 30:3 ψ 78:17; pl. 105:41.