كذا in Arabic

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Etymology: Univerbation of كَ (ka) + ذَا (ḏā). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|ar|كَ|ذَا}} Univerbation of كَ (ka) + ذَا (ḏā) Head templates: {{ar-noun|كَذَا|m}} كَذَا • (kaḏā) m Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|كَذَا|state=ind}} Forms: كَذَا [canonical], kaḏā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], كَذَا [indefinite, informal, invariable, singular], - [definite, informal, invariable, singular], - [construct, informal, invariable, singular], كَذَا [indefinite, invariable, nominative, singular], - [definite, invariable, nominative, singular], - [construct, invariable, nominative, singular], كَذَا [accusative, indefinite, invariable, singular], - [accusative, definite, invariable, singular], - [accusative, construct, invariable, singular], كَذَا [genitive, indefinite, invariable, singular], - [definite, genitive, invariable, singular], - [construct, genitive, invariable, singular]

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}

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          "roman": "kaḏā wakaḏā",
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        },
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          "roman": "ka-",
          "word": "كَـ"
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        },
        {
          "roman": "wa-",
          "word": "وَـ"
        }
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}

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      "roman": "kaḏā wakaḏā",
      "word": "كَذَا وَكَذَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ka-",
      "word": "كَـ"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ذَا"
    },
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      "word": "هٰذَا"
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"كذا" meaning in Arabic

Adverb

Noun