Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ن ض ل (n ḍ l)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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نَاضَلَ (nāḍala) III (non-past يُنَاضِلُ (yunāḍilu), verbal noun مُنَاضَلَة (munāḍala) or نِضَال (niḍāl))

  1. (transitive) to vie in shooting with, to shoot against
  2. (intransitive) to defend, to protect [with عَن (ʕan) ‘someone’]
  3. (intransitive) to struggle
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Etymology 2

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Root
ن ض ل (n ḍ l)
2 terms

Derived from the active participle of نَضَلَ (naḍala)

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Noun

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نَاضِل (nāḍilm (plural نُضَّال (nuḍḍāl))

  1. superior archer, champion
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  • Persian: ناضل (nâzel)

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَاضِل (nāḍil).

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Readings
Classical reading? nāzil
Dari reading? nāzil
Iranian reading? nâzel
Tajik reading? nozil

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Dari ناضل
Iranian Persian
Tajik нозил

ناضل (nâzel) (plural نضال (nozzâl))

  1. a warrior, champion, combatant

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