Arabic

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Root
غ د ر(ḡ d r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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غَدَّار(ḡaddār) (feminineغَدَّارَة(ḡaddāra),masculine pluralغَدَّارُونَ(ḡaddārūna),feminine pluralغَدَّارَات(ḡaddārāt))

  1. treacherous

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani:qəddar
  • Northern Kurdish:xedar
  • Ottoman Turkish:غدار(ġaddar)
    >Turkish:gaddar(inherited)
  • Uyghur:غەددار(gheddar)
  • Uzbek:gʻaddor

Noun

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غَدَّار(ḡaddār)m(pluralغَدَّارُون(ḡaddārūn),feminineغَدَّارَة(ḡaddāra))

  1. traitor

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans(1979) “غدر”,in J. Milton Cowan, editor,A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic,4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services,→ISBN

Urdu

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromClassical Persianغَدّار,fromArabicغَدَّار(ḡaddār,traitor, swindler).First attested inc.1665 asMiddle Hindiغدار(ġdar).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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غَدّار(ġaddār) (indeclinable,Hindi spellingग़द्दार)

  1. treacherous,disloyal,traitor

Noun

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غَدّار(ġaddār)m(Hindi spellingग़द्दार)

  1. traitor,backstabber

Declension

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Declension ofغدار
singular plural
direct غَدّار(ġaddār) غَدّار(ġaddār)
oblique غَدّار(ġaddār) غَدّاروں(ġaddārõ)
vocative غَدّار(ġaddār) غَدّارو(ġaddāro)

References

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  1. ^غدار”,inاُردُو لُغَت(urdū luġat)(in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan,2017.

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