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English
Etymology 1
Noun
zad (plural zads)
- Obsolete form of zed (“letter Z”).
1729, James Greenwood, An essay towards a practical English grammar, page 332:I do not know that we have in any Word changed the old […] into the Letter Zad z.
Etymology 2
Noun
zad (plural zads)
- Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”)
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt). Doublet of zat.
Pronunciation
Noun
zad (definite accusative zadı, plural zadlar)
- thing
- Synonym: şey
- (colloquial) or anything like that
Mən hörmət zad bilmirəm. Hamıdan eyni dərəcədə işləməyi tələb edəcəyəm!- I don't know anything about respect or anything like that. I will require that everyone works to the same degree!
İdmana zada vaxtım yoxdur.- I don't have time for sports or anything like that.
Declension
Further reading
Breton
Noun
zad
- Aspirate mutation of tad.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
zad
- genitive plural of záda
Northern Kurdish
Noun
zad m
- food
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
zad m inan
- back, back part
Declension
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Descendants
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: zad
Noun
zad m inan (diminutive zadek)
- rump
- Synonym: kuper
- hindquarters
- (derogatory) buttocks
- Synonym: dupsko
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- zad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Preposition
zad (Cyrillic spelling зад)
- (Chakavian) behind
- (Chakavian) after
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