عداوت

Pashto

Noun

عداوت • (adāvát) m

hostility, enmity

References

“عداوت”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “عداوت”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَاوَة (ʕadāwa, “enmity”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.daː.ˈwat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ɑː.wät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ɑː.wät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ɔː.wät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ɒː.væt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ɔ.vät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	adāwat
Dari reading^?	adāwat
Iranian reading^?	adâvat
Tajik reading^?	'adovat

Noun


Iranian Persian	عداوت
Dari	عداوت
Tajik	ъадоват

عداوت • ('adâvat)

enmity, animosity, hostility
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse:
  گفت پیغمبر عداوت از خرد
  بهتر از مهری که از جاهل رسد
  guft payġāmbar 'adāwat az xirad
  bihtar az mihrī ki az jāhil rasad
  The Prophet said, “Enmity (proceeding) from wisdom
  is better than the love that comes from a fool.”
hatred, grudge
malice

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عداوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim