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, 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], 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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