Arabic edit

Etymology edit

The definite form of وَدَاع (wadāʕ, noun), from the root و د ع (w-d-ʕ).

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ)

  1. farewell, adieu, goodbye
    Synonym: وَدَاعًا (wadāʕan)

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “الوداع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1241

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وداع (veda, noun).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /el.ve.dɑː/, /ɛl.ve.dɑː/

Interjection edit

الوداع (elveda)

  1. farewell, adieu, goodbye

Descendants edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic الوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of وِداع (vidā').

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

اَلْوِداع (alvidā'm (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

  1. a farewell
    Synonym: وِداع (vidā')

Interjection edit

اَلْوِداع (alvidā') (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

  1. farewell, goodbye
    Synonyms: سَلام (salām), اَللّٰہ حافِظ (allāh hāfiz), خُدا حافِظ (xudā hāfiz)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • S. W. Fallon (1879), “الوداع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.