فوضى

Arabic

Root
ف و ض (f-w-ḍ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faw.dˤaː/

Noun

فَوْضَى • (fawḍā) f

  1. a state of dispersion, leaderlessness, where everyone/everything mixes with everyone/everything, chaos, mess, mayhem, disorder, anarchy, statelessness, anarchism prevailing

Declension

Adjective

فَوْضَى • (fawḍā)

  1. (plural only) being in a state of dispersion
    قَوْمٌ فَوْضَى ― qawmun fawḍā ― a people who live without leader
  2. shared, common, available for many of whom there is no leader
    مَتَاعُهُم فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ ― matāʕuhum fawḍā baynahum ― their belongs are shared amongst them

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف و ض
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَوْضَى (fawḍā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faw.dˤa/, [ˈfɑw.dˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

فوضى • (fawḍa) f

  1. mess, chaos, disorder
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