zawiya
French, noun\za.wi.ja\
zawiya is spelled Z-A-W-I-Y-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zawiya is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of zaouïa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orthographe alternative de zaouïa”.
What does zawiya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of zaouïa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orthographe alternative de zaouïa.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zawiya
- zawiyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zawiya?
- \za.wi.ja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zawiya in French?
zawiya appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).