الوداع

Arabic

Etymology

The definite form of وَدَاع‎ (wadāʕ), from the root و د ع‎ (w-d-ʕ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.wa.daːʕ/

Interjection

الْوَدَاع • (al-wadāʕ)

farewell, adieu, goodbye

References

Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “الوداع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1241

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْوَدَاع‎ (al-wadāʕ, “farewell”, interjection).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əl.ʋɪ.d̪ɑː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /əl.ʋɪ.d̪ɑː/

Noun

الوداع • (alvidā) m (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

a farewell

Interjection

الوداع • (alvidā) (Hindi spelling अलविदा)

farewell, goodbye

Synonyms

(interjection meaning farewell): سلام‎, اللہ حافظ‎, خدا حافظ‎
(a farewell): وداع‎

Related terms

الوداع جمعہ‎

References

S. W. Fallon (1879), “الوداع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.

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