رد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rad.da/

Verb

رَدَّ • (radda) I, non-past يَرُدُّ‎ (yaruddu)

1. (transitive) to return, to bring back, to put back

   رَدَدْتُ ٱلْمَالَ فِي جَيْبِي.

   radadtu l-māla fī jaybī.

   I put the money back into my pocket.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8:

     قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ.

     "Say: 'Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.'"

2. to reply, to answer, to respond
3. to repel
4. to resist
5. to refuse
6. to reject
7. to restrain, to keep (someone مِن (min) something)
8. to refute
9. to dissuade
10. to reinstate

Conjugation

Descendants

• → Swahili: -rudi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radd/

Noun

رَدّ • (radd) m (plural رُدُود (rudūd))

1. verbal noun of رَدَّ (radda) (form I)
2. refusal
3. repulse
4. refutation
5. hindrance
6. restitution, return
7. reply
8. restoration to a former state

Declension

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: رد (red)
  • Turkish: ret
• → Classical Persian: رد (radd) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: rada

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

رَدّ • (radd)

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) vomiting
2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) bad
3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) worthless

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rid/

Verb

رِدْ • (rid) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَرَدَ (warada)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑdː/

Verb

رد • (radd) I (non-past يرد (yirudd))

1. (with على) to answer, reply (to)

Conjugation

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد (radd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Adjective

رَد (rad) (indeclinable)

1. refutation, rejection, cancellation

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 254.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 544, column 1.

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəd(ː)/ (base verb; noun)
• IPA^(key): /rɪd(ː)/ (imperative verb)

Verb

رد • (rad(d)) I (non-past يرد (yrid(d)))

1. to return, to come back
2. to reply, to answer, to respond
3. (transitive) to send back, to return

Noun

رد • (rad(d)) m (plural ردود (r(u)dūd))

1. a response, an answer

Verb

رد • (rid(d))

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رد (rad(d))

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radː/

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Verb

رد • (radd) I (non-past يرُد (yrudd) or يرَد (yradd))

1. to reply, to answer, to respond
2. to give back
3. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology 1

See راد (râd).

Noun

رد • (rad)

1. (archaic) sage (wise person)
2. an important person in Zoroastrianism

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

رد • (rad)

1. track
2. trace
3. footprint

Derived terms

• رد پا (radd-e pâ)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Pronunciation

Noun

رد • (radd)

1. rejection

Derived terms

• رد کردن (radd kardan)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rad/,

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Verb

ردّ • (radd) I (present بردّ (birodd))

1. to reply, to respond, to answer (+ على)

   بسلّم عليه وما بردّ.

   basallem ʕalēh w-mā birodd.

   I greet him and he doesn't respond.

   ردّ على سؤالي، وين كنت مبارح؟

   rodd ʕala suʔāli: wēn kunt mbāreḥ?

   Answer my question: Where were you yesterday?

   ردّ عالتلفون.

   radd ʕal-telfōn.

   He answered the phone.

2. to listen to, to follow (advice, instructions)
3. to obey (+ على)

   الولاد لازم يردّو على أهلهم.

   l-ūlād lāzem yroddu ʕala ʔahl-hom.

   Children must do as they are told by their parents.

   (literally, “Children must obey their parents.”)

4. to close

   Synonym: سكّر (sakkar)

   ردّ الباب بسرعة!

   rodd il-bāb bsurʕa!

   Close the door quickly!

Conjugation

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد (radd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾəd̪d̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪d̪

Adjective

رَدّ • (radd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रद्द)

1. cancelled, rejected; null and void

Further reading

• “رد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 590
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 340
• “رد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.