fard
A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfillA commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation.
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3 sensesA commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation.
(Pakistan)A document attesting to the owner of a property.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
Examples
3 sentencesWas Wallace Fard Muhammad born in India?
Wallace Fard Muhammad's true identity remains a mystery.
Was Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, a migrant that originally came from India?
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farThe verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”).
Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).
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Forms
plural: fardsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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