غدار

Arabic

Root
غ د ر (ḡ d r)
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣad.daːr/

Adjective

غَدَّار • (ḡaddār) (feminine غَدَّارَة (ḡaddāra), masculine plural غَدَّارُونَ (ḡaddārūna), feminine plural غَدَّارَات (ḡaddārāt))

1. treacherous

Declension

Declension of adjective غَدَّار (ḡaddār)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَدَّار ḡaddār	الْغَدَّار al-ḡaddār	غَدَّارَة ḡaddāra	الْغَدَّارَة al-ḡaddāra
Nominative	غَدَّارٌ ḡaddārun	الْغَدَّارُ al-ḡaddāru	غَدَّارَةٌ ḡaddāratun	الْغَدَّارَةُ al-ḡaddāratu
Accusative	غَدَّارًا ḡaddāran	الْغَدَّارَ al-ḡaddāra	غَدَّارَةً ḡaddāratan	الْغَدَّارَةَ al-ḡaddārata
Genitive	غَدَّارٍ ḡaddārin	الْغَدَّارِ al-ḡaddāri	غَدَّارَةٍ ḡaddāratin	الْغَدَّارَةِ al-ḡaddārati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَدَّارَيْن ḡaddārayn	الْغَدَّارَيْن al-ḡaddārayn	غَدَّارَتَيْن ḡaddāratayn	الْغَدَّارَتَيْن al-ḡaddāratayn
Nominative	غَدَّارَانِ ḡaddārāni	الْغَدَّارَانِ al-ḡaddārāni	غَدَّارَتَانِ ḡaddāratāni	الْغَدَّارَتَانِ al-ḡaddāratāni
Accusative	غَدَّارَيْنِ ḡaddārayni	الْغَدَّارَيْنِ al-ḡaddārayni	غَدَّارَتَيْنِ ḡaddāratayni	الْغَدَّارَتَيْنِ al-ḡaddāratayni
Genitive	غَدَّارَيْنِ ḡaddārayni	الْغَدَّارَيْنِ al-ḡaddārayni	غَدَّارَتَيْنِ ḡaddāratayni	الْغَدَّارَتَيْنِ al-ḡaddāratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَدَّارِين ḡaddārīn	الْغَدَّارِين al-ḡaddārīn	غَدَّارَات ḡaddārāt	الْغَدَّارَات al-ḡaddārāt
Nominative	غَدَّارُونَ ḡaddārūna	الْغَدَّارُونَ al-ḡaddārūna	غَدَّارَاتٌ ḡaddārātun	الْغَدَّارَاتُ al-ḡaddārātu
Accusative	غَدَّارِينَ ḡaddārīna	الْغَدَّارِينَ al-ḡaddārīna	غَدَّارَاتٍ ḡaddārātin	الْغَدَّارَاتِ al-ḡaddārāti
Genitive	غَدَّارِينَ ḡaddārīna	الْغَدَّارِينَ al-ḡaddārīna	غَدَّارَاتٍ ḡaddārātin	الْغَدَّارَاتِ al-ḡaddārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəddar
• → Northern Kurdish: xedar
• → Ottoman Turkish: غدار (ġaddar)

  > Turkish: gaddar (inherited)

• → Uyghur: غەددار (gheddar)
• → Uzbek: gʻaddor

Noun

غَدَّار • (ḡaddār) m (plural غَدَّارُون (ḡaddārūn), feminine غَدَّارَة (ḡaddāra))

1. traitor

Declension

Declension of noun غَدَّار (ḡaddār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَّار ḡaddār	الْغَدَّار al-ḡaddār	غَدَّار ḡaddār
Nominative	غَدَّارٌ ḡaddārun	الْغَدَّارُ al-ḡaddāru	غَدَّارُ ḡaddāru
Accusative	غَدَّارًا ḡaddāran	الْغَدَّارَ al-ḡaddāra	غَدَّارَ ḡaddāra
Genitive	غَدَّارٍ ḡaddārin	الْغَدَّارِ al-ḡaddāri	غَدَّارِ ḡaddāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَّارَيْن ḡaddārayn	الْغَدَّارَيْن al-ḡaddārayn	غَدَّارَيْ ḡaddāray
Nominative	غَدَّارَانِ ḡaddārāni	الْغَدَّارَانِ al-ḡaddārāni	غَدَّارَا ḡaddārā
Accusative	غَدَّارَيْنِ ḡaddārayni	الْغَدَّارَيْنِ al-ḡaddārayni	غَدَّارَيْ ḡaddāray
Genitive	غَدَّارَيْنِ ḡaddārayni	الْغَدَّارَيْنِ al-ḡaddārayni	غَدَّارَيْ ḡaddāray
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَدَّارِين ḡaddārīn	الْغَدَّارِين al-ḡaddārīn	غَدَّارِي ḡaddārī
Nominative	غَدَّارُونَ ḡaddārūna	الْغَدَّارُونَ al-ḡaddārūna	غَدَّارُو ḡaddārū
Accusative	غَدَّارِينَ ḡaddārīna	الْغَدَّارِينَ al-ḡaddārīna	غَدَّارِي ḡaddārī
Genitive	غَدَّارِينَ ḡaddārīna	الْغَدَّارِينَ al-ḡaddārīna	غَدَّارِي ḡaddārī

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَدّار, from Arabic غَدَّار (ḡaddār, “traitor, swindler”). First attested in c. 1665 as Middle Hindi غدار (ġdar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣəd̪.d̪ɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Adjective

غَدّار • (ġaddār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़द्दार)

1. treacherous, disloyal, traitor

Noun

غَدّار • (ġaddār) m (Hindi spelling ग़द्दार)

1. traitor, backstabber

Declension

Declension of غدار
	singular	plural
direct	غَدّار (ġaddār)	غَدّار (ġaddār)
oblique	غَدّار (ġaddār)	غَدّاروں (ġaddārō̃)
vocative	غَدّار (ġaddār)	غَدّارو (ġaddārō)

Further reading

More information

• “غدار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “غدار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “غدار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “غدار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “غدار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC