intifada

English

Alternative forms

• intefadah, intifadah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة‏ (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Noun

intifada (plural intifadas)

1. Insurrection, a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
2. An uprising, resistant struggle or rebellious protest, especially the Palestinian uprisings against Israel.

See also

• intifadist
• intifada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

intifada

• Arabic: اِنْتِفَاضَة‏‎ f (intifāḍa)
• Bengali: ইন্তিফাদা (intiphada)
• Catalan: intifada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (巴勒斯坦...) 起義 (zh), 起义 (zh) (qǐyì), 大起義, 大起义 (dà qǐyì)

• Czech: intifáda (cs) f
• French: intifada (fr) f
• German: Intifada (de) f
• Hebrew: אִנְתִּיפָדָה‏‎ (he) f (intifáda)
• Hindi: इंतिफ़ादा (intifādā)
• Japanese: インティファーダ (intifāda)
• Korean: 인티파다 (intipada)
• Malay: intifadah
• Pashto: please add this translation if you can

• Persian: انتفاضه‏‎ (fa) (entefâze)
• Portuguese: intifada (pt) f
• Russian: интифа́да (ru) f (intifáda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интифада f

  Roman: intifada (sh) f

• Spanish: intifada f
• Swedish: intifada c
• Tajik: интифоза (intifoza)
• Turkish: intifada (tr)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אינטיפאדע‏‎ f (intifade)

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French

Noun

intifada f (plural intifadas)

1. intifada

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Italian

Noun

intifada f (plural intifade)

1. intifada

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة‏ (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.t͡ʃi.ˈfa.dɐ/

Noun

intifada f (plural intifadas)

1. intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)