Aridness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæθˈiːdɹəz/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈaɹɪdnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈaɹɪdnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /kæθˈiːdɹəz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

aridity thirstiness

Word Forms

arid	adjective	lacking sufficient water or rainfall
thirsty	adjective	needing moisture

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Trockenheit

ein Feuchtigkeitsmangel (vor allem wenn er auf eine dauerhafte Abwesenheit von Niederschlägen zurückzuführen ist)

🇫🇷French

sécheresse

un déficit d'humidité (surtout lorsqu'il résulte d'une absence permanente de précipitations)

🇪🇸Spanish

aridez

una deficiencia de humedad (especialmente cuando es resultado de una ausencia permanente de lluvia)

🇮🇹Italian

aridità

una carenza di umidità (soprattutto se derivante da un'assenza permanente di precipitazioni)

🇳🇱Dutch

dorheid

een tekort aan vocht (vooral als het gevolg is van een permanente afwezigheid van regenval)

🇵🇹Portuguese

aridez

uma deficiência de umidade (especialmente quando resultante de uma ausência permanente de chuva)

🇷🇺Russian

засушливость

дефицит влаги (особенно в результате постоянного отсутствия осадков)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शुष्कता

नमी की कमी (विशेषकर जब वर्षा की स्थायी अनुपस्थिति के परिणामस्वरूप)

🇧🇩Bengali

শুষ্কতা

আর্দ্রতার ঘাটতি (বিশেষ করে যখন বৃষ্টিপাতের স্থায়ী অনুপস্থিতির ফলে)

🇮🇳Tamil

வறட்சி

ஈரப்பதத்தின் குறைபாடு (குறிப்பாக மழைப்பொழிவு நிரந்தரமாக இல்லாததால்)

🇮🇳Telugu

శుష్కత్వం

తేమ లోపం (ముఖ్యంగా శాశ్వత వర్షపాతం లేకపోవడం వల్ల)

🇮🇳Marathi

कोरडेपणा

आर्द्रतेची कमतरता (विशेषत: पावसाच्या कायमस्वरूपी अनुपस्थितीमुळे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

શુષ્કતા

ભેજની ઉણપ (ખાસ કરીને જ્યારે વરસાદની કાયમી ગેરહાજરીના પરિણામે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶುಷ್ಕತೆ

ತೇವಾಂಶದ ಕೊರತೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಮಳೆಯ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಅನುಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

വരൾച്ച

ഈർപ്പത്തിൻ്റെ കുറവ് (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് മഴയുടെ സ്ഥിരമായ അഭാവത്തിൻ്റെ ഫലമായി)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੁੱਕਾਪਨ

ਨਮੀ ਦੀ ਕਮੀ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਬਾਰਸ਼ ਦੀ ਸਥਾਈ ਗੈਰਹਾਜ਼ਰੀ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ)

🇵🇰Urdu

خشکی

نمی کی کمی (خاص طور پر جب بارش کی مستقل غیر موجودگی کے نتیجے میں)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

干旱

缺乏水分（尤其是由于永久没有降雨而导致的）

🇯🇵Japanese

乾燥

水分不足（特に雨がずっと降らないことが原因の場合）

🇰🇷Korean

건조

수분 부족(특히 비가 영구적으로 내리지 않아 발생하는 경우)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự khô cằn

thiếu độ ẩm (đặc biệt là khi không có lượng mưa vĩnh viễn)

🇹🇭Thai

ความแห้งแล้ง

การขาดความชื้น (โดยเฉพาะเมื่อเกิดจากการไม่มีฝนตกถาวร)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekeringan

kekurangan kelembaban (terutama bila disebabkan oleh tidak adanya curah hujan secara permanen)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkatuyo

isang kakulangan ng kahalumigmigan (lalo na kapag nagreresulta mula sa isang permanenteng kawalan ng pag-ulan)

🇲🇾Malay

kegersangan

kekurangan lembapan (terutamanya apabila disebabkan oleh ketiadaan hujan yang kekal)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجفاف

نقص الرطوبة (خاصة عندما يكون ذلك نتيجة للغياب الدائم لهطول الأمطار)

🇮🇷Persian

خشکی

کمبود رطوبت (مخصوصاً زمانی که ناشی از عدم وجود دائمی بارندگی باشد)

🇹🇷Turkish

kuraklık

nem eksikliği (özellikle kalıcı yağış yokluğundan kaynaklandığında)

🇮🇱Hebrew

יובש

מחסור בלחות (במיוחד כאשר נובע מהיעדר קבוע של גשם)

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The primary meaning of 'aridness' is 'a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)'.

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