غزو

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w) related with goals, leading and invading

Noun

غَزْو • (ḡazw) m

1. verbal noun of غَزَا (ḡazā) (form I)
2. intention, goal

   Synonyms: هَدَف (hadaf), غايَة (ḡāya), قَصْد (qaṣd)

3. incursion, invasion, attack

   تاريخيا كانت هذه الأراضي يتم غزوها من قبل الفرس شرقا ولذلك كانت صعيفة التحصينات من الجنوب

   historically, an invasion to these lands was undertaken by the Persians from the east, hence (the lands') southern fortifications were weak

   Synonyms: غَارَة (ḡāra), مُدَاهَمَة (mudāhama), هُجُوم (hujūm), اِقْتِحام (iqtiḥām)

4. disarray, huddle

Declension

Declension of noun غَزْو (ḡazw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَزْو ḡazw	الْغَزْو al-ḡazw	غَزْو ḡazw
Nominative	غَزْوٌ ḡazwun	الْغَزْوُ al-ḡazwu	غَزْوُ ḡazwu
Accusative	غَزْوًا ḡazwan	الْغَزْوَ al-ḡazwa	غَزْوَ ḡazwa
Genitive	غَزْوٍ ḡazwin	الْغَزْوِ al-ḡazwi	غَزْوِ ḡazwi

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “غزو”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
• Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE) تاج العروس لمرتضى الزبيدي
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915