مدافع

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Arabic[edit]

Root
د ف ع (d-f-ʕ)

Etymology 1[edit]

Derived from the active participle of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa, to defend).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مُدَافِع (mudāfiʕ) (feminine مُدَافِعَة (mudāfiʕa), masculine plural مُدَافِعُونَ (mudāfiʕūna), feminine plural مُدَافِعَات (mudāfiʕāt))

  1. defender
Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: مدافع (müdâfi')
  • Persian: مدافع
  • Uzbek: mudofe

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَدَافِع (madāfiʕm pl

  1. plural of مِدْفَع (midfaʕ)

Pashto[edit]

Noun[edit]

مدافع (mudāfím

  1. defender, advocate

References[edit]

  • مدافع”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “مدافع”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press