desert

(noun) hamada, (verb) bari

Pronunciation

noun 1

• IPA: /'dɛzət/
• enPR: dĕ'zə(r)t
• SAMPA: /"dEz@(r)t/

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noun 2

• IPA: /dɪ'zɜ:t/

verb

• IPA: /dɪ'zɜ:t/
• enPR: dĭzû(r)t'
• SAMPA: /dI"z3:(r)t/

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Homophones

• (noun 2, verb) dessert

Noun 1

Singular desert

Plural deserts

A desert

1. A desert is a bare area of land, especially one with little water or plants.

Noun 2

Singular desert

Plural deserts

1. (usually plural) A desert is something that is earned or deserved.

Related phrases

• just deserts

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) desert

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) deserts

Past tense (ya wuce) deserted

Past participle (ya wuce) deserted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) deserting

1. To leave, abandon or forsake someone or something.

   When he left without us, we felt deserted.