عمدا

Arabic

Root
ع م د (ʕ m d)
15 terms

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of عَمْد (ʕamd, “intention, design”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕam.dan/

Adverb

عَمْدًا • (ʕamdan)

on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
(law) willfully, consciously, premeditatedly

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: عمدًا (ʕamdan)
→ Persian: عمدا ('amdan) (see there for further descendants)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمْدًا (ʕamdan).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔam.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.d̪ǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.d̪ǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.d̪ǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæm.d̪ǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	amdan
Dari reading^?	amdan
Iranian reading^?	amdan
Tajik reading^?	amdan

Adverb

عمدا • (amdan)

on purpose, deliberately, intentionally

Descendants

→ Gujarati: મુદ્દામ (muddām)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: अमदन (amdan)

Urdu: عمداً
→ Marathi: मुद्दाम (muddām)

Further reading

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