قواد

See also: فؤاد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Occupational noun from the verb قَادَ (qāda, “to lead, to pander”).

Noun

قَوَّاد • (qawwād) m

1. pimp, procurer
2. broker
3. guide, conductor, guard
4. nose

Declension

Declension of noun قَوَّاد (qawwād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَّاد qawwād	الْقَوَّاد al-qawwād	قَوَّاد qawwād
Nominative	قَوَّادٌ qawwādun	الْقَوَّادُ al-qawwādu	قَوَّادُ qawwādu
Accusative	قَوَّادًا qawwādan	الْقَوَّادَ al-qawwāda	قَوَّادَ qawwāda
Genitive	قَوَّادٍ qawwādin	الْقَوَّادِ al-qawwādi	قَوَّادِ qawwādi

Descendants

• Old Armenian: կաւատ (kawat)
• Persian: قواد (qavvād)
• Spanish: alcahuete
• Turkish: kavat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قواد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Inflected form.

Noun

قُوَّاد • (quwwād) m pl

1. plural of قَائِد (qāʔid)

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic.

Noun

قواد • (qavvād)

1. pimp, procurer