فساد

Arabic

Root
ف س د (f-s-d)

Noun

فَسَاد • (fasād) m

1. verbal noun of فَسَدَ (fasada) (form I).
2. corruption
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:77:

     وَلَا تَبْغِ ٱلْفَسَادَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ؛ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ.

     walā tabḡi l-fasāda fī l-ʔarḍi; ʔinna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīna.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. rottenness, spoiledness
4. depravity, wickedness

Descendants

• Maltese: fsied
• → Bengali: ফ্যাসাদ (fesad)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فساد (fesad)
  • Turkish: fesat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَسَاد (fasād).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ˈsɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.sɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.sɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.sɒ́ːd̪̥], [fe.sɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.sɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	fasāḏ
Dari reading?	fasād
Iranian reading?	fasâd, fesâd
Tajik reading?	fasod

Noun

Dari	فساد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фасод

فساد • (fasâd, fesâd)

1. corruption

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فساد (fasād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.sɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

فساد • (fasād) ? (Hindi spelling फ़साद)

1. riot, feud, outbreak