"fedayi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fedayis [plural], fedayeen [plural], fedayin [plural], fedayee [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic فِداء (fidāʔ) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic فِدائِيّ (fidāʔiyy)der. Armenian ֆիդայի (fidayi)bor. English fedayi Borrowed from Armenian ֆիդայի (fidayi). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|hy:ֆիդայի|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Arabic فِداء (fidāʔ) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic فِدائِيّ (fidāʔiyy)der. Armenian ֆիդայի (fidayi)bor. English fedayi [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "redemption, sacrifice, devotion", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ف د ي", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فِداء", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ar" }, { "id" : "nisba", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Proto-Semitic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Proto-Afroasiatic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "afa-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "sem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ـِيّ", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فِدائِيّ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Armenian", "term" : "ֆիդայի", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "hy" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fedayi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fedayi"> Borrowed from Armenian ֆիդայի (fidayi). Head templates: {{en-noun|+|fedayeen|fedayin}} fedayi (plural fedayis or fedayeen or fedayin)
  1. (historical) An Armenian partisan fighter in the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tags: historical

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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