دفاع

Arabic
Root
د ف ع‎ (d-f-ʕ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.faːʕ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

دِفَاع • (difāʕ) m

  1. verbal noun of دَافَعَ‎ (dāfaʕa) (form III)
  2. defence/defense
    ‏الدِّفَاعُ عَنِ النَّفْسِ هُوَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْكِفَاحِ مِنْ أَجَلِ الْوُجُودِ.‎‎
    ad-difāʕu ʕani n-nafsi huwa wāḥidun min ṭuruqi l-kifāḥi min ʔajali l-wujūdi.
    Self-defense is one of the ways of fighting for existence.

Declension
Declension of noun دِفَاع‎ (difāʕ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِفَاع‎
difāʕ		 الدِّفَاع‎
ad-difāʕ		 دِفَاع‎
difāʕ
Nominative دِفَاعٌ‎
difāʕun		 الدِّفَاعُ‎
ad-difāʕu		 دِفَاعُ‎
difāʕu
Accusative دِفَاعًا‎
difāʕan		 الدِّفَاعَ‎
ad-difāʕa		 دِفَاعَ‎
difāʕa
Genitive دِفَاعٍ‎
difāʕin		 الدِّفَاعِ‎
ad-difāʕi		 دِفَاعِ‎
difāʕi

Pashto

Noun

دفاع • (difā́ҁ) f

  1. defense, protection

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِفَاع‎ (difāʕ).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɪ.fɑːʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ɪ.fɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪i.fɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? difā'
Dari reading? difā'
Iranian reading? defâ'
Tajik reading? difoʾ

Noun
Dari دفاع‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik дифоъ

دِفاع • (defâ')

  1. defence/defense
    Synonym: پَدافَنْد‎‎ (padâfand)
    Antonyms: حَمْله‎ (hamle), یورِش‎ (yureš)
    ‏وِزارَتِ دِفاع‎‎ ― vezârat-e defâ' ― Ministry of Defence
    ‏دِفاعِ شَخْصی‎ ― defâ'-e šaxsi ― self-defense

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دِفَاع‎ (difā'), from Arabic دِفَاع‎ (difāʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِفاع • (difā') m (Hindi spelling दिफ़ा)

  1. defence (of character against allegations)
  2. defence (military)

Further reading
  • “دفاع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دفاع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دفاع”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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