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)

1. on purpose, deliberately, intentionally
2. (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]

• (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)

1. 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