English
fedayi
Fedayi comes from Armenian ֆիդայի ‘fedayi, an Armenian partisan fighter in the…’, and goes back to Arabic فِدائِيّ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentفِدائِيّ‘pertaining to the fedayeen’
- Armenianmodernֆիդայի‘fedayi, an Armenian partisan fighter in the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth and…’
- Englishtodayfedayi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentفِدائِيّ‘pertaining to the fedayeen’
- Armenianmodernֆիդայի‘fedayi, an Armenian partisan fighter in the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth and…’
- Englishtodayfedayi
Every English word from Arabic فِدائِيّ
Today it means
noun An Armenian partisan fighter in the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic فِدائِيّ / fedayi