See also: صاد

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ض د د (ḍ-d-d)

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ضَادَدَ or ضَادَّ (ḍādda or ḍādada) III, non-past يُضَادُّ or يُضَادِدُ‎ (yuḍāddu or yuḍādidu)

  1. to be contrary, to be opposed, to be contrasting, to be antagonistic, to be inverse, to differ
  2. to act against, to antagonize, to contravene
  3. to violate
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ضَاد (ḍādf (plural ضَادَات (ḍādāt))

  1. Name of the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ض ())
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: zad
  • Classical Persian: ضَاد (zād)
  • Uzbek: zod

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ضَاد (ḍād).

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Readings
Classical reading? zāḏ
Dari reading? zād
Iranian reading? zâd
Tajik reading? zod

Noun

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Dari ضاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik зод

ضاد (zâd)

  1. the letter ض