Also means
temporary marsh
Usage Note
daya is a borrowing from Maghrebi Arabic for a shallow depression where rainwater collects seasonally, forming a temporary pond in arid North Africa. It appears mainly in geographical and environmental writing about Morocco and Algeria. It is a low-frequency specialized term outside that context.
Examples
"La daya s'assèche en été."
Natural Translation
The seasonal pond dries up in summer.
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