al-Qaeda

See also: Al Qaeda

English

Flag of the organization:
لا إله إلا اللّٰه محمد رسول اللّٰه

Alternative forms

• al-Qaida, al-Qaʼida, Al Qaeda
• AQ, Qaeda

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَاعِدَة (al-qāʕida), definite form of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida, “a foundation, a base”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkaɪdə/, /æl ˈkeɪdə/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæl kaɪˈiːdə/, /ˌæl kɑːˈiːdə/, /æl ˈkaɪdə/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -aɪdə, -eɪdə

Proper noun

al-Qaeda

1. A worldwide network of militant Sunni Islamic organizations and individuals.

   Al-Qaeda often kills non-Muslim and non-Sunni civilians.

   • 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.

Derived terms

• al-CIAda
• al-Qaedaesque
• al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
• al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
• al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
• AQ
• Y'all Qaeda

Translations

the global network of militant Islamic extremists.

• Arabic: الْقَاعِدَة f (al-qāʕida)
• Armenian: Ալ Ղաիդա (Al Ġaida)
• Basque: Al-Káida
• Catalan: Al-Qaida
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基地組織 / 基地组织 (zh) (Jīdì-zǔzhī), 阿凱達組織 / 阿凯达组织 (Ākǎidá-zǔzhī), 開打組織 / 开打组织 (Kāidǎ-zǔzhī), 蓋達組織 / 盖达组织 (Gàidá-zǔzhī)

• Czech: al-Káida f
• Danish: Al-Qaida
• Dutch: Al Qaida
• Esperanto: Al-Kaida
• Finnish: al-Qaida
• French: Al-Qaida (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Al Kaida

• Galician: Al Qaida
• German: Al-Kaida f, Al-Qaida (de) f
• Hebrew: אל־קאעידה f (al-ka'ida)
• Hindi: अल-क़ायदा m (al-qāydā)
• Hungarian: al-Kaida
• Icelandic: Al-Kaída
• Ido: Al-Kaida
• Indonesian: Al-Qaeda
• Italian: al-Qaida
• Japanese: アルカーイダ (Arukāida)
• Korean: 알카에다 (Alka'eda)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: El-Qaîde

• Latin: Alcaeda
• Luxembourgish: Al-Qaida
• Malay: Al Qaeda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: al-Qaida

• Pashto: القاعده f (alqā'ida)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَلْقَاعِدَه (alqā'ida)

  Iranian Persian: اَلْقاعِدِه (alġâ'ede)

• Polish: Al-Kaida f
• Portuguese: al-Qaeda (pt) f, al-Qaida (pt), Alcaida (pt) f
• Romanian: al-Qaida
• Russian: Аль-Ка́ида (ru) f (Alʹ-Káida)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ал-Каида f

  Latin: al-Kaida, Al-Kaida f, al-Qaeda f

• Slovak: Al-Káida
• Slovene: Al Kaida
• Spanish: Al Qaida
• Swedish: al-Qaida
• Turkish: El Kaide (tr)
• Urdu: اَلْقاعِدَہ m (alqā'ida)
• Uyghur: ئەلقائىدە (elqa'ide)
• Vietnamese: Al-Qaeda
• Welsh: Al-Qaeda

See also

• Boko Haram

Further reading

• al-Qaeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia