الوداع

Arabic

Etymology

The definite form of وَدَاع (wadāʕ, noun), from the root و د ع (w-d-ʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.wa.daːʕ/

Interjection

الوَدَاع • (al-wadāʕ)

1. farewell, adieu, goodbye

   Synonym: وَدَاعًا (wadāʕan)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əlvida
• Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: अलविदा (alvidā)
  • → Urdu: اَلْوِداع (alvidā')
• → Ottoman Turkish: الوداع (elveda)
  • Turkish: elveda

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “الوداع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1241

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وداع (veda, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el.ve.dɑː/, /ɛl.ve.dɑː/

Interjection

الوداع • (elveda)

1. farewell, adieu, goodbye

Descendants

• Turkish: elveda

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وِداع (vidā').

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əl.ʋɪ.d̪ɑː/, /əl.ʋɪ.d̪ə(ʔ)/

Noun

اَلْوِداع • (alvidā') m (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

1. a farewell

   Synonym: وِداع (vidā')

Interjection

اَلْوِداع • (alvidā') (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

1. farewell, goodbye

   Synonyms: سَلام (salām), اَللّٰہ حافِظ (allāh hāfiz), خُدا حافِظ (xudā hāfiz)

Derived terms

• اَلْوِداع جُمْعَہ (alvidā' jum'a)

References

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “الوداع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.