فساد

Arabic

Root
ف س د (f s d)
4 terms

Noun

فَسَاد • (fasād) m

1. verbal noun of فَسَدَ (fasada) (form I).
2. corruption
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:77:

     وَلَا تَبْغِ ٱلْفَسَادَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ؛ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ.

     walā tabḡi l-fasāda fī l-ʔarḍi; ʔinna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīna.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. rottenness, spoiledness
4. depravity, wickedness

Descendants

• Maltese: fsied
• → Bengali: ফ্যাসাদ (fesad)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فساد (fesâd)
  • Turkish: fesat

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَسَاد (fasād, “corruption, depravity”).

Noun

فساد • (fesâd) (definite accusative فسادی (fesâdı), plural فسادات (fesâdât))

1. depravity, wickedness, corruption, immorality, the state or quality of being immoral or depraved

   Synonym: بوزلمه (bozulma)

2. sedition, the organized incitement of rebellion against an authority, state, or established order

   Synonym: فتنه (fitne)

3. intrigue, machination, a clandestine and secret plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose

   Synonym: فتنه (fitne)

4. (Islam) fasad, all the immoral practices that have been declared against Islam, in contrast with islah

Derived terms

• ارباب فساد (erbâb-ı fesâd, “intriguers, plotters”)
• اهل فساد (ehl-i fesâd, “intriguer, plotter”)
• دم فسادی (dem fesâdı, “bad state of the blood”)
• فساد آمیز تحریكات (fesâd amiz tehrikât, “scheme, conspiracy”)
• فساد اخلاق (fesâd-ı ahlak, “bad morals”)
• فساد انكیز (fesâd engiz, “with mischief”)
• فساد ایتمك (fesâd etmek, “to scheme, to plot”)
• فساد دماغ (fesâd-ı dimâğ, “madness, craziness”)
• فساد قایناتمق (fesâd kaynatmak, “to stir up, to incite”)
• فساد قورمق (fesâd kurmak, “to plot mischief”)
• فساد وارمق (fesâd varmak, “to tend to corruption”)
• فساد چیقارمق (fesâd çıkarmak, “to bring about some trouble”)
• فسادجی (fesâdcı, “intriguer, plotter”)
• فسادلو (fesâdlı, “corrupted, dishonest”)
• معده فسادی (miʼde fesâdı, “stomach disturbance”)

 

Related terms

• افساد (ifsâd, “corruption; instigation”)
• فاسد (fâsid, “wicked, corrupted, tainted”)
• مفسد (müfsid, “harmful”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: fesat

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “فساد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 416
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fesat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1568
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “fesâd”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 312
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فساد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 898
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Corruptio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 294
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فساد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3519
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fesat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فساد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1383

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَسَاد (fasād).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ˈsɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.sɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.sɒ́ːd̪̥], [fe.sɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	fasāḏ
Dari reading?	fasād
Iranian reading?	fasâd, fesâd
Tajik reading?	fasod

Noun

Dari	فساد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фасод

فساد • (fasâd, fesâd)

1. corruption

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فساد (fasād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.sɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

فساد • (fasād) ? (Hindi spelling फ़साद)

1. riot, feud, outbreak