فادن

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • فَادِم (fādim)

Etymology

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Noun

فَادِن (fādin) m (plural فَوادِن (fawādin))

  1. instrument used as a reference line, be it a plumb line or a spirit level
    Synonyms: شَاقُول (šāqūl), مِطْمَار (miṭmār), مِطْمَر (miṭmar), تُرّ (turr)

Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), فادن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), فادن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 948
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