غزوة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w) related with goals, leading and invading.

Noun

غَزْوَة • (ḡazwa) f (plural غَزَوَات (ḡazawāt))

  1. instance noun of غَزْو (ḡazw)
    1. raid, attack, incursion, invasion, foray, offensive

Declension

Noun

غِزْوَة • (ḡizwa) f (rare)

  1. mode or manner of seeking

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزوة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزوة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915
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