رد

• IPA^(key): /rad.da/

رَدَّ • (radda) I (non-past يَرُدُّ (yaruddu), verbal noun رَدّ (radd))

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

• → Swahili: -rudi

• IPA^(key): /radd/

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

رِدْ • (rid) (form I) /rid/

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

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /rɑdː/

رد • (radd) I (non-past يرد (yirudd))

1. (with على) to answer, reply (to)

ap=رادد
ap-tr=rādid
pp=مردود
pp-tr=mardūd
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vn-tr=

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

رَد (rad) (indeclinable)

1. refutation, rejection, cancellation

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

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

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

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

1. a response, an answer

رد • (rid(d))

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

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

رَدّ • (radd) I (non-past يِرُدّ (yirudd))

1. to reply, to respond, to answer

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /radː/

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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

See راد (râd).

رد • (rad)

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

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

رد • (rad)

1. track
2. trace
3. footprint

• رد پا (radd-e pâ)

Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

رد • (radd)

1. rejection

• رد کردن (radd kardan)

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /rad/,

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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!

رد • (radd) m (plural ردود (rudūd))

1. a response, an answer, a reply, a reaction

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

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

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

1. cancelled, rejected; null and void

• “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.