Arabic

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Root
ر د ف (r-d-f)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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رَدِيف (radīf) (feminine رَدِيفَة (radīfa))

  1. who comes behind another
  2. who rides behind another on the same beast

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Noun

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رَدِيف (radīfm (plural رِدَاف (ridāf) or رُدَافَى (rudāfā) or رُدَفَاء (rudafāʔ))

  1. one who rides behind another on the back of the same beast
  2. a star rising in the east, when its opposite star is setting in the west

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

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رديف (transliteration needed?

  1. (poetry) radif

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

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رديف (transliteration needed?

  1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “رديف”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • رديف”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938