هدف

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See also: ہدف and ه د ف

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ه د ف (h d f)
4 terms

Verb

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هَدَفَ (hadafa) I (non-past يَهْدُفُ (yahdufu), verbal noun هَدْف (hadf))

  1. to approach, to draw near, to be near
  2. to aim, to aim at
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Verb

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هَدَّفَ (haddafa) II (non-past يُهَدِّفُ (yuhaddifu), verbal noun تَهْدِيف (tahdīf))

  1. (intransitive, sports, soccer) to score a goal
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ha.daf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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هَدَف (hadafm (plural أَهْدَاف (ʔahdāf))

  1. target, object, aim, end
    أَخْطَأَ ٱلْهَدَفَʔaḵṭaʔa l-hadafato miss the mark
  2. objective, purpose, design, intention
    ذُو هَدَفٍḏū hadafinmeaningful
  3. goal
  4. (sports) goal (a point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal)
    حَامِي هَدَفٍḥāmī hadafina goalkeeper
    سُجِّلَ هَدَفٌ جَمِيلٌ.sujjila hadafun jamīlun.A nice goal was scored.
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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هَدْف (hadfm

  1. verbal noun of هَدَفَ (hadafa) (form I)
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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “page–750”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “هدف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 376
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هدف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1198–1199

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic هَدَف (hadaf, target, aim, goal).

Noun

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هدف (hedef) (plural اهداف (ehdaf))

  1. target, a butt or mark to shoot at
    Synonyms: آماج (amaç), غرض (ğaraz), نشان (nişan), نشانكاه (nişangâh)
  2. aim, goal, purpose, intention
    Synonyms: آماج (amaç), غایه (gaye), مقصد (maksad), نیت (niyet)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: hedef

Further reading

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Pashto

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Etymology

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From Persian هدف (hadaf), from Arabic هَدَف (hadaf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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هدف (hëdëfm

  1. (rare, obsolete) goal

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic هَدَف (hadaf).

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Readings
Classical reading? haḏaf
Dari reading? hadaf
Iranian reading? hadaf
Tajik reading? hadaf

Noun

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Dari هدف
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳадаф

هدف (hadaf) (plural اهداف (ahdâf))

  1. target
    • early 11th century, Asjadī, Poetic fragment attributed to Asjadī:
      جان مرا غمت هدف حادثات کرد
      تا عشق سوی من نظر التفات کرد
      jān-i ma-rā ğam-at hadaf-i hādisāt kard
      tā išq sōy-i man nazar-i iltifāt kard
      Love-grief for you has made my soul the target of calamities,
      Until love casts a look of affection towards my side.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. objective, goal

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ه د ف
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Etymology

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From Arabic هَدَفَ (hadafa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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هدف (hadaf) I (present بهدف (bihdif))

  1. to aim, to aspire

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of هدف (hadaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m هدفت (hadaft) هدفت (hadaft) هدف (hadaf) هدفنا (hadafna) هدفتو (hadaftu) هدفو (hadafu)
f هدفتي (hadafti) هدفت (hadfat)
present m بهدف (bahdif) بتهدف (btihdif) بهدف (bihdif) منهدف (mnihdif) بتهدفو (btihdifu) بهدفو (bihdifu)
f بتهدفي (btihdifi) بتهدف (btihdif)
subjunctive m أهدف (ʔahdif) تهدف (tihdif) يهدف (yihdif) نهدف (nihdif) تهدفو (tihdifu) يهدفو (yihdifu)
f تهدفي (tihdifi) تهدف (tihdif)
imperative m اهدف (ihdif) اهدفو (ihdifu)
f اهدفي (ihdifi)