قواد

See also: فؤاد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Occupational noun from the verb قَادَ (qāda, “to lead, to pander”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qaw.waːd/

Noun

قَوَّاد • (qawwād) m

Declension

Declension of noun **قَوَّاد** (qawwād)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَوَّاد qawwād	الْقَوَّاد al-qawwād	قَوَّاد qawwād
nominative	قَوَّادٌ qawwādun	الْقَوَّادُ al-qawwādu	قَوَّادُ qawwādu
accusative	قَوَّادًا qawwādan	الْقَوَّادَ al-qawwāda	قَوَّادَ qawwāda
genitive	قَوَّادٍ qawwādin	الْقَوَّادِ al-qawwādi	قَوَّادِ qawwādi

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: قَوَّاد (qawwād)
- → Catalan: alcavot
- → Spanish: alcahuete
- → Portuguese: alcaguete, caguete
→ Middle Armenian: ղաւատ (ġawat)
→ Old Armenian: կաւատ (kawat)
- → Armenian: կավատ (kavat) (learned)
→ Persian: قواد (qavvâd)
→ Central Kurdish: گەواد (gewad)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قواد
- Turkish: kavat

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قواد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Inflected form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /quw.waːd/

Noun

قُوَّاد • (quwwād) m pl

plural of قَائِد (qāʔid)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaw.waːd/

Noun

قواد • (gawwād) m (plural قَوَّادين (gawwādīn))

pimp, procurer

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

قواد • (qavvâd)

pimp, procurer