رد

From the root ر د د‎ (r-d-d).

• IPA^(key): /rad.da/

رَدَّ • (radda) I, non-past يَرُدُّ‎‎ (yaruddu)

1. (transitive) to return, bring back
2. to reply, to answer, to respond
3. to repel
4. to resist
5. to refuse
6. to reject
7. to restrain, to keep (someone مِن‎ (min) something)
8. to refute
9. to dissuade
10. to reinstate

• → Swahili: -rudi

• IPA^(key): /radd/

رَدّ • (radd) m (plural رُدُود‎ (rudūd))

1. verbal noun of رَدَّ (radda) (form I)
2. refusal
3. repulse
4. refutation
5. hindrance
6. restitution, return
7. reply
8. restoration to a former state

• → Ottoman Turkish: رد‎ (red)
  • Turkish: ret
• → Classical Persian: رد‎ (radd) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: rada

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

رَدّ • (radd)

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) vomiting
2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) bad
3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) worthless

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /rid/

رِدْ • (rid) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَرَدَ‎ (warada)

From Arabic رَدَّ‎ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /rɑdː/

رد • (radd) (perfect, imperfect يرد‎ (yirudd), verb form I)

1. (with على‎) to answer, reply (to)

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد‎ (radd), from Arabic رَدّ‎ (radd).

رَد (rad) (indeclinable)

1. refutation, rejection, cancellation

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 254.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 544, column 1.

From Arabic رَدَّ‎ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /rəd(ː)/ (base verb; noun)
• IPA^(key): /rɪd(ː)/ (imperative verb)

رد • (rad(d)) (form I, non-past يرد‎ (yrid(d)))

1. to return, to come back
2. to reply, to answer, to respond
3. (transitive) to send back, to return

رد • (rad(d)) m (plural ردود‎ (r(u)dūd))

1. a response, an answer

رد • (rid(d))

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رد (rad(d))

From Arabic رَدَّ‎ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /radː/

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رد • (radd) (form I, non-past يرُد‎ (yrudd) or يرَد‎ (yradd))

1. to reply, to answer, to respond [+ على‎ (object)]
2. to give back
3. (intransitive) to vomit

See راد‎ (râd).

رد • (rad)

1. (archaic) sage (wise person)
2. an important person in Zoroastrianism

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

رد • (rad)

1. track
2. trace
3. footprint

• رد پا‎ (radd-e pâ)

Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ‎ (radd).

رد • (radd)

1. rejection

• رد کردن‎ (radd kardan)

From Arabic رَدَّ‎ (radda).

• IPA^(key): /rad/, [rad]

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ردّ • (radd) (form I, present بردّ‎ (birodd))

1. to reply, to respond, to answer (+ على‎)

   ‏بسلّم عليه وما بردّ.‎‎

   basallem ʕalēh w-mā birodd.

   I greet him and he doesn't respond.

   ‏ردّ على سؤالي، وين كنت مبارح؟‎‎

   rodd ʕala suʔāli: wēn kunt mbāreḥ?

   Answer my question: Where were you yesterday?

   ‏ردّ عالتلفون.‎‎

   radd ʕal-telfōn.

   He answered the phone.

2. to listen to, to follow (advice, instructions)
3. to obey (+ على‎)

   ‏الولاد لازم يردّو على أهلهم.‎‎

   l-ūlād lāzem yroddu ʕala ʔahl-hom.

   Children must do as they are told by their parents.

   (literally, “Children must obey their parents.”)

4. to close

   ‏ردّ الباب بسرعة!‎‎

   rodd il-bāb bsurʕa!

   Close the door quickly!

   Synonym: سكّر‎ (sakkar)

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد‎ (radd), from Arabic رَدّ‎ (radd).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾəd̪d̪/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɾəd̪d̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪d̪

رَدّ • (radd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling रद्द)

1. cancelled, rejected; null and void

• “رد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “رد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 590
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “رد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 340
• “رد”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.