Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. · A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle. · A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.
From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic Egyptian wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).
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