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faida

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin faida, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“enmity; feud”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfaj.da/
  • Rhymes: -ajda
  • Hyphenation: fài‧da

Noun

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faida f (plural faide)

  1. feud, especially a continuing conflict between families (typical of the Camorra and Mafia)

Ladino

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فايدة (fāyda).

Noun

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faida f

  1. (Haketia) beneficial or useful thing, good business

References

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  • Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac (1995), Diccionario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos: Jaquetía tradicional y moderna, Caracas: Centro de Estudios Sefardíes de Caracas, →ISBN, page 264

Swahili

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Arabic فَادَ (fāda)
Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida)bor.
Swahili faida

    Borrowed from Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    faida class IX (plural faida class X)

    1. (accounting, economics) profit
    2. benefit
    3. interest

    Antonyms

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    • -faidi (“to profit or benefit”)

    References

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    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240 Nr. 2216

    Ternate

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    faida

    1. alternative form of faeda (“usefulness”)

    References

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    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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