فادن

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Variant of فَدَام (fadām, stopper)?

Noun

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فَادِن (fādinm (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

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فادن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فادن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 948