فوضى

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Arabic

Root
ف و ض (f-w-ḍ)

Pronunciation

Noun

فَوْضَى (fawḍāf

  1. a state of dispersion, leaderlessness, where everyone/everything mixes with everyone/everything, chaos, mess, mayhem, disorder, anarchy, statelessness, anarchism prevailing

Declension

Adjective

فَوْضَى (fawḍā)

  1. (plural only) being in a state of dispersion
    قَوْمٌ فَوْضَىqawmun fawḍāa people who live without leader
  2. shared, common, available for many of whom there is no leader
    مَتَاعُهُم فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْmatāʕuhum fawḍā baynahumtheir belongs are shared amongst them

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف و ض
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَوْضَى (fawḍā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faw.dˤa/,
  • (file)

Noun

فوضى (fawḍaf

  1. mess, chaos, disorder