قذافي

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قذافي

/qað.ðaː.fijj/

Where it comes from

Occupational nisba from قَذَّاف (qaḏḏāf, “hurler, flinger; catapult, mangonel, ballista”), from the root ق ذ ف (q ḏ f, root) (related to throwing or hurling).

proper noun قَذَّافِيّ · qaḏḏāfiyy

a surname, most famously borne by Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), the former leader of Libya
Similar: القَذَّافِيّ

In English

Gaddafi surname

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"قذافي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

قذافي. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A

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"قذافي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قذافي},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}