English
fedai
Fedai comes from Iranian Persian فدائی ‘someone who risks their life for a cause’, and goes back to Arabic فِدَائِيّ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentفِدَائِيّfidāʔiyy
- Iranian Persianmodernفدائیfedâ'i‘someone who risks their life for a cause’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fedai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentفِدَائِيّfidāʔiyy
- Iranian Persianmodernفدائیfedâ'i‘someone who risks their life for a cause’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fedai
Earliest quotation: 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans: “Enver […] received other Young Turk fedaî officers at…”
Every English word from Arabic فِدَائِيّ
Today it means
noun An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic فِدَائِيّ / fedai