غزو

Arabic

Root
غ ز و (ḡ-z-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣazw/

Noun

غَزْو • (ḡazw) m

1. verbal noun of غَزَا (ḡazā) (form I)
2. intention, goal

   Synonyms: هَدَف (hadaf), غايَة (ḡāya), قَصْد (qaṣd)

3. incursion, invasion, attack

   Synonyms: غَارَة (ḡāra), مُدَاهَمَة (mudāhama), هُجُوم (hujūm), اِقْتِحام (iqtiḥām)

   أَهْلَكَ ٱلْغَزْوُ ٱلْأَمْرِيكِيُّ لِلْعَرَاقِ ٱقْتِصَادَ ٱلْبِلَادِ.

   ʔahlaka l-ḡazwu l-ʔamrīkiyyu lilʕarāqi qtiṣāda l-bilādi.

   The American invasion of Iraq crippled the country's economy.

4. disarray, huddle

Declension

Declension of noun غَزْو (ḡazw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَزْو ḡazw	الْغَزْو al-ḡazw	غَزْو ḡazw
Nominative	غَزْوٌ ḡazwun	الْغَزْوُ al-ḡazwu	غَزْوُ ḡazwu
Accusative	غَزْوًا ḡazwan	الْغَزْوَ al-ḡazwa	غَزْوَ ḡazwa
Genitive	غَزْوٍ ḡazwin	الْغَزْوِ al-ḡazwi	غَزْوِ ḡazwi

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “غزو”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
• Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE) تاج العروس لمرتضى الزبيدي
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915