الوداع

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Arabic

Root
و د ع (w d ʕ)
14 terms

Etymology

The definite form of وَدَاع (wadāʕ, noun).

Pronunciation

Interjection

الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ)

  1. farewell, adieu, goodbye
    Synonym: وَدَاعًا (wadāʕan)

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “الوداع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1241

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وداع (veda, noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /el.ve.dɑː/, /ɛl.ve.dɑː/

Interjection

الوداع (elveda)

  1. farewell, adieu, goodbye

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَلْوِدَاع (alwidā'), from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وِداع (vidā').

Pronunciation

Noun

اَلْوِداع (alvidā'm (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

  1. a farewell
    Synonym: وِداع (vidā')

Interjection

اَلْوِداع (alvidā') (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

  1. farewell, goodbye
    Synonyms: سَلام (salām), اَللّٰہ حافِظ (allāh hāfiz), خُدا حافِظ (xudā hāfiz)

Derived terms

References

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “الوداع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.