غزوة

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w) related with goals, leading and invading.

Noun

غَزْوَة (ḡazwaf (plural غَزَوَات (ḡazawāt))

  1. instance noun of غَزْو (ḡazw)
    1. raid, attack, incursion, invasion, foray, offensive

Declension

Noun

غِزْوَة (ḡizwaf (rare)

  1. mode or manner of seeking

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزوة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزوة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915