fedai

English

Etymology

From Persian فدائی‎ (fedâ'i, “someone who risks their life for a cause”), and its source, Arabic فِدَائِيّ‎ (fidāʾiyy). Compare fedayeen.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɛdʌɪˈiː/

Noun

fedai (plural fedai or fedais)

  1. (now historical) An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition. [from 18th c.]
  2. (rare) A member of the fedayeen; a dedicated guerrilla fighter. [from 20th c.]
    • 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin 2016, p. 16:
      Enver […] received other Young Turk fedaî officers at his base camp in Ayn al-Mansur.

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feˈdai̯/, [feˈd̪äi̯]
  • Stress: fedài
  • Hyphenation: fe‧dai

Verb

fedai

  1. first-person singular past historic indicative of fedare
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