رد

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See also: زد

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ر د د (r-d-d)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

رَدَّ (radda) I, non-past يَرُدُّ‎ (yaruddu)

  1. (transitive) to return, to bring back, to put back
    رَدَدْتُ ٱلْمَالَ فِي جَيْبِي.
    radadtu l-māla fī jaybī.
    I put the money back into my pocket.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8:
      قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ.
      "Say: 'Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.'"
  2. to reply, to answer, to respond
  3. to repel
  4. to resist
  5. to refuse
  6. to reject
  7. to restrain, to keep (someone مِن (min) something)
  8. to refute
  9. to dissuade
  10. to reinstate
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Swahili: -rudi

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

رَدّ (raddm (plural رُدُود (rudūd))

  1. verbal noun of رَدَّ (radda) (form I)
  2. refusal
  3. repulse
  4. refutation
  5. hindrance
  6. restitution, return
  7. reply
  8. restoration to a former state
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Ottoman Turkish: رد (red)
  • Classical Persian: رد (radd) (see there for further descendants)
  • Swahili: rada
References[edit]
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective[edit]

رَدّ (radd)

  1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) vomiting
  2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) bad
  3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) worthless
References[edit]
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

رِدْ (rid) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَرَدَ (warada)

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Root
ر د د
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

رد (radd) I (non-past يرد (yirudd))

  1. (with على) to answer, reply (to)

Conjugation[edit]

Gojri[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد (radd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Adjective[edit]

رَد (rad) (indeclinable)

  1. refutation, rejection, cancellation

Further reading[edit]

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 254.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 544, column 1.

Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /rəd(ː)/ (base verb; noun)
  • IPA(key): /rɪd(ː)/ (imperative verb)

Verb[edit]

رد (rad(d)) I (non-past يرد (yrid(d)))

  1. to return, to come back
  2. to reply, to answer, to respond
  3. (transitive) to send back, to return

Noun[edit]

رد (rad(d)m (plural ردود (r(u)dūd))

  1. a response, an answer

Verb[edit]

رد (rid(d))

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رد (rad(d))

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Root
ر د د
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /radː/
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Verb[edit]

رد (radd) I (non-past يرُد (yrudd) or يرَد (yradd))

  1. to reply, to answer, to respond [+ على (object)]
  2. to give back
  3. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of رد
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ردّيت (raddīt) ردّيتي (raddīti) ردّ (radd) ردّينا (raddīna) ردّيتوا (raddītu) ردّوا (raddu)
f ردّت (raddāt)
non-past m نردّ (nrudd) تردّ (trudd) يردّ (yrudd) نردّوا (nruddu) تردّوا (truddu) يردّوا (yruddu)
f تردّي (truddi) تردّ (trudd)
imperative m ردّ (rudd) ردّوا (ruddu)
f ردّي (ruddi)
    Conjugation of رد
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ردّيت (raddīt) ردّيتي (raddīti) ردّ (radd) ردّينا (raddīna) ردّيتوا (raddītu) ردّوا (raddu)
f ردّت (raddāt)
non-past m نردّ (nradd) تردّ (tradd) يردّ (yradd) نردّوا (nraddu) تردّوا (traddu) يردّوا (yraddu)
f تردّي (traddi) تردّ (tradd)
imperative m ردّ (radd) ردّوا (raddu)
f ردّي (raddi)

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See راد (râd).

Noun[edit]

رد (rad)

  1. (archaic) sage (wise person)
  2. an important person in Zoroastrianism

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

رد (rad)

  1. track
  2. trace
  3. footprint
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? raḏ
Dari reading? rad
Iranian reading? rad
Tajik reading? rad

Noun[edit]

رد (radd)

  1. rejection
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ر د د
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رَدَّ (radda).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ردّ (radd) I (present بردّ (birodd))

  1. to reply, to respond, to answer (+ على)
    بسلّم عليه وما بردّ.
    basallem ʕalēh w-mā birodd.
    I greet him and he doesn't respond.
    ردّ على سؤالي، وين كنت مبارح؟
    rodd ʕala suʔāli: wēn kunt mbāreḥ?
    Answer my question: Where were you yesterday?
    ردّ عالتلفون.
    radd ʕal-telfōn.
    He answered the phone.
  2. to listen to, to follow (advice, instructions)
  3. to obey (+ على)
    الولاد لازم يردّو على أهلهم.
    l-ūlād lāzem yroddu ʕala ʔahl-hom.
    Children must do as they are told by their parents.
    (literally, “Children must obey their parents.”)
  4. to close
    Synonym: سكّر (sakkar)
    ردّ الباب بسرعة!
    rodd il-bāb bsurʕa!
    Close the door quickly!

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of ردّ (radd)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ردّيت (raddēt) ردّيت (raddēt) ردّ (radd) ردّينا (raddēna) ردّيتو (raddētu) ردّو (raddu)
f ردّيتي (raddēti) ردّت (raddat)
present m بردّ (barodd) بتردّ (bitrodd) بردّ (birodd) منردّ (minrodd) بتردّو (bitroddu) بردّو (biroddu)
f بتردّي (bitroddi) بتردّ (bitrodd)
subjunctive m اردّ (arodd) تردّ (trodd) يردّ (yrodd) نردّ (nrodd) تردّو (troddu) يردّو (yroddu)
f تردّي (troddi) تردّ (trodd)
imperative m ردّ (rodd) ردّو (roddu)
f ردّي (roddi)

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد (radd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

رَدّ (radd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रद्द)

  1. cancelled, rejected; null and void

Further reading[edit]

  • رد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 590
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 340
  • رد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.