Gaddafi

English

Alternative forms

• (most common) Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Gaddafi, Qadhdhafi
• (also very common) Gadafi, Gaddafy, Kaddafi, Gadhafi; Khadafy, Gadaffi
• (moderately common) Qadaffi, Qadafi, Quaddafi, Khadafi, Khaddafi, Ghadaffi, Qathafi, Kadhafi, Ghaddafi, Kadafi, Ghadafi, Gadafy
• (uncommon) Gadhaffi, Gaddhafi, Gadaffy; Ghaddaffi, Gheddafi; Qadhaffi, Qaddhafi; Quadaffi, Quadhafi, Quadafi; Khadaffi, Khaddafy; Kadaffi, Kazzafi
• (rare) Gadaafi, Gaddaffy; Ghadaffy, Ghadafy, Ghaddafy; Ghedaffi; Kaddaffi, Kaddhafi, Kadhaffi; Kazafi; Khaddaffi, Khadhafi; Qazhafi,Qazzafi; Qhadaffi, Qhadafi, Qhaddafi; Quadaffy, Quadafy, Quaddaffi, Quaddafy; Quaddhafi; Quathafi
• (very rare) Khadhaffi; Qadhdhaffi; Kadaphi; Kajjaphi; Kajaphi

Etymology

From Arabic قَذَّافِيّ (qaḏḏāfiyy).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdæfi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdɑfi/

Proper noun

Gaddafi

1. A surname from Arabic.
2. Muammar Gaddafi, former leader of Libya.

Derived terms

• Gaddafism
• Gaddafist

Translations

surname

• Arabic: قذافي (qaḏḏāfiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡扎菲 (zh) (Kǎzhāfēi)

• French: Kadhafi (fr)
• Hindi: गद्दाफ़ी m (gaddāfī)
• Japanese: カッザーフィー (Kazzāfī), ガッダーフィ (Gaddāfi), ガッダーフィー (Gaddāfī)