فتنة

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See also: فتنه

Arabic

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Root
ف ت ن (f t n)
5 terms

Etymology

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Related with seduction and revolt. Compare فَتَنَ (fatana, to trial).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فِتْنَة (fitnaf (plural فِتَن (fitan))

  1. trial
  2. strife
  3. civil war
  4. sedition
  5. tribulation
  6. charm
  7. craze
  8. crime

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: fitnə
  • Bengali: ফেৎনা (fetna)
  • Persian: فتنه (fetne, seduction, trial)
  • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܢܐ (peṯnā, tumult, discord)
  • Hausa: fìtinā̀
  • Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne)
  • Swahili: fitina
  • Turkmen: pitne
  • Uyghur: پىتنە (pitne)
  • Uzbek: fitna

References

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  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “فتنة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 863
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “فتنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz