حد

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See also: خد, جد, and خذ

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ح د د (ḥ d d)
10 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

حَدَّ (ḥadda) I (non-past يَحُدُّ (yaḥuddu), verbal noun حَدّ (ḥadd))

  1. to prevent, to restrain, to check, to hinder
    حَدَّ اللَّهُ عَنَّا الشَّرَّḥadda l-lahu ʕannā š-šarraGod protected us from evil (literally, “God prevented evil from (harming) us”)
  2. to restrict, to limit, to confine
  3. to stop, to halt
  4. to delineate, to delimit (esp. land)
  5. (grammar) to define (a word)
  6. to sharpen (a knife, etc.)
  7. to punish, to chastise
  8. to fix (one's gaze)
  9. to separate
  10. to deprive (someone) of their livelihood
Conjugation

Verb

حَدَّ (ḥadda) I (non-past يَحُدُّ (yaḥuddu) or يَحِدُّ (yaḥiddu), verbal noun حِدَاد (ḥidād) or حَدّ (ḥadd))

  1. to remove all ornaments and wear mourning apparel
  2. to mourn
Conjugation

Verb

حَدَّ (ḥadda) I (non-past يَحِدُّ (yaḥiddu), verbal noun حِدَّة (ḥidda))

  1. to be sharp, to be cutting (of a knife)
  2. to be strong (of a smell)
  3. to be strong, to be active (of a person)
  4. to be sharp, to be intelligent (of a person)
  5. to be quick to anger (of a person)
Conjugation

Verb

حَدَّ (ḥadda) I (non-past يَحُدُّ (yaḥuddu) or يَحِدُّ (yaḥiddu), verbal noun حَدّ (ḥadd) or حِدَّة (ḥidda))

  1. to fly into a rage against, to be angry or furious with
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħadd/
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Noun

حَدّ (ḥaddm (plural حُدُود (ḥudūd))

  1. verbal noun of حَدَّ (ḥadda) (form I)
  2. limit
  3. boundary, border
  4. frontier
  5. term
  6. end, goal, aim
  7. district
  8. reach, sphere of action
  9. difference
  10. definition
  11. rule
  12. punishment
  13. edge, point
  14. passion
  15. intoxicating strength of liquors
  16. strength, bravery
  17. energy
  18. manner, way
  19. hindrance
  20. (Modern Standard Arabic) side
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: hədd
  • Bashkir: хәтле
  • Persian: حد (hadd)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حد (had)
    • Turkish: had
  • Uzbek: had

Adjective

حَدّ (ḥadd) (masculine plural حُدُود (ḥudūd))

  1. violent, passionate
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Root
و ح د (w ḥ d)
27 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

حِدْ (ḥid) (form I) /ħid/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَحَدَ (waḥada)

Malay

Noun

حد (plural حد-حد or حد۲, informal 1st possessive حدکو, 2nd possessive حدمو, 3rd possessive حدڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of had

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? haḏː
Dari reading? hadː
Iranian reading? hadː
Tajik reading? hadː

Noun

حدّ (hadd) (plural حُدود (hodud) or حد‌ها (hadd-hâ))

  1. limit, border, boundary
  2. (mathematics) limit

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حد (hadd), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).

Noun

حَدّ (haddf (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੱਦ)

  1. boundary, limit
    Synonym: سیما (sīmā)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From or related to Arabic أحد (ʔaḥad, one; someone).

Pronoun

حدّ (ḥadd)

  1. Alternative form of حدا (ḥada)

Etymology 2

Root
ح د د
5 terms

From Arabic حَدَّ (ḥadda).

Verb

حدّ (ḥadd) I (present بحدّ (biḥodd))

  1. to delimit
  2. to enclose, to confine
Conjugation
    Conjugation of حدّ (ḥadd)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حدّيت (ḥaddēt) حدّيت (ḥaddēt) حدّ (ḥadd) حدّينا (ḥaddēna) حدّيتو (ḥaddētu) حدّو (ḥaddu)
f حدّيتي (ḥaddēti) حدّت (ḥaddat)
present m بحدّ (baḥodd) بتحدّ (bitḥodd) بحدّ (biḥodd) منحدّ (minḥodd) بتحدّو (bitḥoddu) بحدّو (biḥoddu)
f بتحدّي (bitḥoddi) بتحدّ (bitḥodd)
subjunctive m احدّ (aḥodd) تحدّ (tḥodd) يحدّ (yḥodd) نحدّ (nḥodd) تحدّو (tḥoddu) يحدّو (yḥoddu)
f تحدّي (tḥoddi) تحدّ (tḥodd)
imperative m حدّ (ḥodd) حدّو (ḥoddu)
f حدّي (ḥoddi)

Etymology 3

From Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).

Noun

حدّ (ḥaddm (plural حدود (ḥdūd))

  1. limit
  2. border (usually in the plural when referring to the border a country)
Derived terms
  • حدّ أدنى (ḥadd ʔadna, minimum)
  • حدّ أعلى (ḥadd ʔaʕla, maximum), حدّ أقصى (ḥadd ʔaqṣa, maximum)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حد (hadd), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd).

Noun

حد (had, haddf (Hindi spelling हद), irregular plural حدود (hudūd)

  1. boundary, limit
    Synonyms: مَرْیادا (maryādā), سِیما (sīmā), سَرْحَد (sarhad)

Declension

Declension of حد
singular plural
direct حد (hadd) حدیں (haddẽ)
oblique حد (hadd) حدوں (haddõ)
vocative حد (hadd) حدو (haddo)

Derived terms