وداع

Arabic
Root
و د ع (w-d-ʕ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wa.daːʕ/

Noun

وَدَاع • (wadāʕ) m

  1. farewell

Declension
Declension of noun وَدَاع (wadāʕ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَدَاع
wadāʕ		 الْوَدَاع
al-wadāʕ		 وَدَاع
wadāʕ
Nominative وَدَاعٌ
wadāʕun		 الْوَدَاعُ
al-wadāʕu		 وَدَاعُ
wadāʕu
Accusative وَدَاعًا
wadāʕan		 الْوَدَاعَ
al-wadāʕa		 وَدَاعَ
wadāʕa
Genitive وَدَاعٍ
wadāʕin		 الْوَدَاعِ
al-wadāʕi		 وَدَاعِ
wadāʕi

Derived terms

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʕ). Doublet of الوداع (elveda, interjection).

Noun

وداع • (veda)

  1. farewell

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʕ).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [wä.d̪ɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [wä.d̪ɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? waḏā'
Dari reading? widā'
Iranian reading? vedâ'
Tajik reading? vidoʾ

Noun

وداع • (vedâ')

  1. (formal) farewell
    Synonym: خداحافظی (xodâhâfezi)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 138”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      یاد باد آن که ز ما وقت سفر یاد نکرد
      به وداعی دل غمدیدهٔ ما شاد نکرد
      yād bād ān ki zi mā waqt-i safar yād na-kard
      ba wadā'ē dil-i ğamdīda-yi mā šād na-kard
      Blessed by the memory of she who did not tell me when she would leave,
      Who did not make my grief-stricken heart happy with even a single farewell.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

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