English Explanatory Dictionary

intifada

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
  2. An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.
  3. The Palestinian uprisings against Israel.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intifada.wav

Word forms

intifada intifadas intefadah intifadah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Related words

intifadist

Translations

Arabic: اِنْتِفَاضَة Bengali: ইন্তিফাদা Catalan: intifada Chinese Mandarin: 起義 /起义 Chinese Mandarin: 大起義 /大起义 Czech: intifáda Finnish: intifada French: intifada German: Intifada Greek: ιντιφάντα Hebrew: אִנְתִּיפָדָה Hindi: इंतिफ़ादा Japanese: インティファーダ Korean: 인티파다 Northern Kurdish: intifade Malay: intifadah Pashto: انتفاضه Persian: اِنْتِفَاضَه Polish: intifada Portuguese: intifada Russian: интифа́да Serbo-Croatian: интифа́да Serbo-Croatian: intifáda Spanish: intifada Swedish: intifada Tajik: интифоза Turkish: intifada Turkish: intifaza Urdu: اِنْتِفاضَہ Yiddish: אינטיפֿאַדע
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