عدو

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Arabic

Root
ع د و (ʕ d w)
16 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

عَدُوّ (ʕaduwwm (plural أَعْدَاء (ʔaʕdāʔ) or عِدًى (ʕidan) or عُدًى (ʕudan) or أَعَادٍ (ʔaʕādin), feminine عَدُوّ (ʕaduww) or عَدُوَّة (ʕaduwwa))

  1. enemy; foe
    Antonyms: صَدِيق (ṣadīq), حَلِيف (ḥalīf), خَلِيل (ḵalīl), نَصِير (naṣīr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 43:67:
      الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ
      al-ʔaḵillāʔu yawmaʔiḏin baʕḍuhum li-baʕḍin ʕaduwwun ʔillā l-muttaqīna
      Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 63:4:
      هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ
      humu l-ʕaduwwu faḥḏarhum
      They are the enemy, so beware of them.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: għadu
  • Northern Kurdish: edû
  • Persian: عَدو ('adu)
  • Swahili: adui
  • Somali: cadow
  • Tajik: аду (adu)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عدو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ع د و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَدُوّ (ʕaduww).

Pronunciation

Noun

عدو (ʕduww, ʕdūm (plural عديان (ʕadyān), feminine عدوة (ʕduwwa))

  1. enemy, foe

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدُوّ (ʕaduww)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? aḏū
Dari reading? adū
Iranian reading? adu
Tajik reading? adu

Noun

Dari عدو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ъаду

عدو ('adu) (plural اعداء)

  1. enemy, foe

References

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عدو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim