English
intifada
Intifada comes from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة ‘shaking off, uprising, insurrection’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentاِنْتِفَاضَة‘shaking off, uprising, insurrection’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009intifada
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentاِنْتِفَاضَة‘shaking off, uprising, insurrection’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009intifada
Earliest quotation: 2009, Sumantra Bose, Contested lands: “Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in…”
Every English word from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة
Today it means
noun An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة / intifada