فدان

العربية

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فدان

/fad.daːn/

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Borrowed from Aramaic פַּדְּנָא (paddənā), absolute state פַּדָּן (paddān), Classical Syriac ܦܰܕܳܢܳܐ (paddānā), having the same glosses, also Hebrew פַּדָּן (paddān).

noun فَدَّان · faddān · فَدَادِين · الْفَدَّان

dialectal yoke of oxen
dialectal plough

noun فَدَّان · faddān · أَفْدِنَة · الْفَدَّان

dialectal, obsolete a square measure, acre, feddan, fluctuating highly in size by region and time تَرَكَ جَدُّنَا، بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، سِتَّةَ أَفْدِنَةٍ.

In English

yoke pair of draught animals yoked together to pull something

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"فدان." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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فدان. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86

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"فدان." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فدان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}