دفاع

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Arabic

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Root
د ف ع (d f ʕ)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.faːʕ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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دِفَاع (difāʕm

  1. verbal noun of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa) (form III)
  2. defence/defense
    الدِّفَاعُ عَنِ النَّفْسِ هُوَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْكِفَاحِ مِنْ أَجَلِ الْوُجُودِ.
    ad-difāʕu ʕani n-nafsi huwa wāḥidun min ṭuruqi l-kifāḥi min ʔajali l-wujūdi.
    Self-defense is one of the ways of fighting for existence.

Declension

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Pashto

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Noun

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دفاع (difā́ҁf

  1. defense, protection

References

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  • دفاع”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “دفاع”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دِفَاع (difāʕ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? difā'
Dari reading? difā'
Iranian reading? defâ'
Tajik reading? difoʾ

Noun

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Dari دفاع
Iranian Persian
Tajik дифоъ

دِفاع (defâ')

  1. defence/defense
    Synonym: پَدافَنْد (padâfand)
    Antonyms: حَمْله (hamle), یورِش (yureš)
    وِزارَتِ دِفاعvezârat-e defâ'Ministry of Defence
    دِفاعِ شَخْصیdefâ'-e šaxsiself-defense

Derived terms

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دِفَاع (difā'), from Arabic دِفَاع (difāʕ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دِفاع (difā'm (Hindi spelling दिफ़ा)

  1. defence (of character against allegations)
  2. defence (military)

Further reading

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