Fida: meaning, origin and pronunciation
BoyArabic
فدا
فِدَاء
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Fida (فدا, Arabic فِدَاء) means “ransom; devotion”. It comes from the Arabic root ف د ي. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ف د ي.
- Meaning
- ransom; devotion
- معنی
- فدیہ؛ قربان ہونا
Where it comes from
Lane gives fidāʾ as a ransom (Quran 47:4); Urdu fidā means devoted, ready to sacrifice oneself.
- Say it
- fi-daaAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ف د ي
- Other spellings
- Fidaa
- Themes
- Virtue