فدیہ

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian فدیه (fidya), from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فِدْیَہ (fidyam (Hindi spelling फ़िदया)

  1. sacrifice
  2. ransom
  3. weregild; blood money
  4. (Islam) fidyah

Declension

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Declension of فدیہ
singular plural
direct فِدْیہ (fidyah) فِدْیے (fidye)
oblique فِدْیے (fidye) فِدْیوں (fidyõ)
vocative فِدْیے (fidye) فِدْیو (fidyo)

Further reading

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  • فدیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • فدیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فديہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.