fedai

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English

Etymology

From Persian فدائی (fedâ'i, “someone who risks their life for a cause”), and its source, Arabic فِدَائِيّ (fidāʔiyy). Doublet of fedayee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fedai (plural fedai or fedais)

  1. (now historical) An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition. [from 18th c.]
  2. (rare) A member of the fedayeen; a dedicated guerrilla fighter. [from 20th c.]
    • 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin 2016, p. 16:
      Enver […] received other Young Turk fedaî officers at his base camp in Ayn al-Mansur.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈdaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: fe‧dài

Verb

fedai

  1. first-person singular past historic of fedare

Anagrams

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