ضاد

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See also: صاد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ض د د (ḍ d d)
4 terms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

ضَادَّ (ḍādda) III (non-past يُضَادُّ (yuḍāddu), verbal noun مُضَادَّة (muḍādda))

  1. to be contrary, to be opposed, to be contrasting, to be antagonistic, to be inverse, to differ
  2. to act against, to antagonize, to contravene
  3. to violate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ضَاد (ḍādf (plural ضَادَات (ḍādāt))

  1. Name of the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ض ())
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: zad
  • Classical Persian: ضَاد (zād)
  • Uzbek: zod

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَاد (ḍād).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zāḏ
Dari reading? zād
Iranian reading? zâd
Tajik reading? zod

Noun

Dari ضاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik зод

ضاد (zâd)

  1. the letter ض