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title: "ضَيْعَة (ḍayʿa) meaning in Arabic: village estate"
description: "ضَيْعَة (ḍayʿa) means “village estate”. Root ض·ي·ع, pattern , level C1: forms, related words and how to read it letter by letter, from the Fasaha dictionary."
canonical: "https://fasaha.app/w/daya"
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# ضَيْعَة

*ḍayʿa* · **village estate**

ضَيْعَة (ḍayʿa) is an Arabic noun meaning “village estate”. It is built on the root ض·ي·ع. Fasaha’s library first uses it at level C1.

- Part of speech: Noun
- Root: ض·ي·ع
- Level: C1

## How to read ضَيْعَة, letter by letter

4 letters, read from right to left. The marks above and below the letters are the short vowels.

- ض — ضاد (ḍād): an emphatic d, the letter Arabic is named for
- ي — ياء (yāʾ): y, or a long i
- ع — عين (ʿayn): a voiced squeeze of the throat, no English equivalent
- ة — تاء مربوطة (tāʾ marbūṭa): a t at the end of a feminine word, read as a soft a when you pause

## Questions about ضَيْعَة

### What is the root of ضَيْعَة?

The root of ضَيْعَة is ض·ي·ع.

### What level is ضَيْعَة?

Fasaha first uses ضَيْعَة at level C1, on a scale from A0 (first words) to C2 (classical prose).


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