Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w) related with goals, leading and invading.

Noun

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غَزْوَة (ḡazwaf (plural غَزَوَات (ḡazawāt))

  1. instance noun of غَزْو (ḡazw)
    1. raid, attack, incursion, invasion, foray, offensive

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Noun

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غِزْوَة (ḡizwaf (rare)

  1. mode or manner of seeking

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزوة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزوة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915