"fitna" meaning in English

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Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} fitna, {{en-cont}} fitna
  1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action. Tags: contraction, rare Synonyms: fixing to
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-contraction--vtF5~Fj Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: fitnas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ⁧فِتْنَة⁩ (fitna, “sedition, strife”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فِتْنَة||sedition, strife}} Arabic ⁧فِتْنَة⁩ (fitna, “sedition, strife”), {{root|en|ar|ف ت ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)
  1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-noun-Z9psB5Up Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fitna-en-noun--oBxEqQY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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