غدار

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Arabic

Root
غ د ر (ḡ d r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

غَدَّار (ḡaddār) (feminine غَدَّارَة (ḡaddāra), masculine plural غَدَّارُونَ (ḡaddārūna), feminine plural غَدَّارَات (ḡaddārāt))

  1. treacherous

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qəddar
  • Northern Kurdish: xedar
  • Ottoman Turkish: غدار (ġaddar)
    > Turkish: gaddar (inherited)
  • Uyghur: غەددار (gheddar)
  • Uzbek: gʻaddor

Noun

غَدَّار (ḡaddārm (plural غَدَّارُون (ḡaddārūn), feminine غَدَّارَة (ḡaddāra))

  1. traitor

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَدّار, from Arabic غَدَّار (ḡaddār, traitor, swindler). First attested in c. 1665 as Middle Hindi غدار (ġdar).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

غَدّار (ġaddār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़द्दार)

  1. treacherous, disloyal, traitor

Noun

غَدّار (ġaddārm (Hindi spelling ग़द्दार)

  1. traitor, backstabber

Declension

    Declension of غدار
singular plural
direct غَدّار (ġaddār) غَدّار (ġaddār)
oblique غَدّار (ġaddār) غَدّاروں (ġaddārõ)
vocative غَدّار (ġaddār) غَدّارو (ġaddāro)

References

  1. ^ غدار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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