ذو وجهين

Arabic

Noun

ذُو وَجْهَيْنِ • (ḏū wajhayni) m (feminine ذَات وَجْهَيْنِ (ḏāt wajhayni))

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ذُو (ḏū), وَجْه (wajh).
  2. (idiomatic) two-faced, deceitful, hypocritical, duplicitous
    • Hadith
      إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ
      ʔinna šarra n-nāsi ḏū l-wajhayni, allaḏī yaʔtī haʔulāʔi biwajhin wahaʔulāʔi biwajhin
      Indeed, the two-faced people are evil, [those] who come to some people with one face and to others with another.
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