فوضى

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Arabic

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Root
ف و ض (f w ḍ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فَوْضَى (fawḍāf

  1. a state of dispersion, leaderlessness, where everyone/everything mixes with everyone/everything, chaos, mess, mayhem, disorder, anarchy, statelessness, anarchism prevailing

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Adjective

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فَوْضَى (fawḍā)

  1. (plural only) being in a state of dispersion
    قَوْمٌ فَوْضَىqawmun fawḍāa people who live without leader
  2. shared, common, available for many of whom there is no leader
    مَتَاعُهُم فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْmatāʕuhum fawḍā baynahumtheir belongs are shared amongst them

Derived terms

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ف و ض
3 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic فَوْضَى (fawḍā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faw.dˤa/, [ˈfɑw.dˤɑ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

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فوضى (fawḍaf

  1. mess, chaos, disorder