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Etymology

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Noun of place from the verb فَازَ (fāza, to escape, be victorious, perish), from the root ف و ز (f-w-z).

Noun

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مَفَازَة (mafāzaf (plural مَفَازَات (mafāzāt) or مَفَاوِز (mafāwiz))

  1. verbal noun of فَازَ (fāza) (form I)
  2. desert, waterless desert
    Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء
  3. flight, escape
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:188:
      لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوْا وَيُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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  4. place of victory, of flight, of destruction

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