betray in Arabic
خانَ ḵāna
/bɪˈtɹeɪ/
betray in Arabic: خانَ (ḵāna). In English, betray means to deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
Arabic words for betray
- to deliver into the hands of an enemy
- خانَ ḵāna
English meaning of betray
- verb To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- verb To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- verb To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- verb To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
betray in a sentence
- An officer betrayed the city.
- He betrayed his own sister to the secret police.
- to betray a person or a cause
Synonyms of betray
betray in other languages
Questions about betray in Arabic
- What is the meaning of betray in Arabic?
- Betray in Arabic is خانَ (ḵāna).
- ما معنى كلمة betray؟
- Betray: خانَ (ḵāna).
- What does betray mean in English?
- Betray means to deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
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