English Explanatory Dictionary

fitna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Temptation.
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.
contraction
  1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

Word forms

fitna fitnas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).

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