shield in Arabic
وِقَايَه wiqāyah
UK/ˈʃiːld/
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British/ˈʃɪj(ə)ld/
shield in Arabic: وِقَايَه (wiqāyah), وِقَاء (wiqāʔ), مِجَنّ (mijann), تُرْس (turs). In English, shield means a broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
Arabic words for shield
- anything that protects or defends
- وِقَايَه wiqāyah, وِقَاء wiqāʔ
- armor
- مِجَنّ mijann, تُرْس turs, دِرْع dirʕ, دِرع dirʕ
- to protect, to defend
- وَقَى waqā, حَمَى ḥamā
English meaning of shield
- noun A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- noun One who protects or defends.
- noun A featherless, flat, fleshy protuberance on the head; a frontal shield.
- noun A flattish patch of iridescent feathers.
shield in a sentence
- Meronyms: field, charge, emblem
- Sunscreen shields against the harmful effects of solar rays.
Synonyms of shield
shield in other languages
- shield in Hindi
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- shield in Telugu
- shield in Malayalam
- shield in Kannada
- shield in Punjabi
- shield in Odia
- shield in Sanskrit
- shield in Sinhala
- shield in Assamese
- shield in Nepali
- shield in Pashto
- shield in Tagalog
- shield in Malay
- shield in Indonesian
- shield in Persian
- shield in Thai
- shield in Vietnamese
- shield in Myanmar
Questions about shield in Arabic
- What is the meaning of shield in Arabic?
- Shield in Arabic is وِقَايَه (wiqāyah), وِقَاء (wiqāʔ), مِجَنّ (mijann), تُرْس (turs).
- ما معنى كلمة shield؟
- Shield: وِقَايَه (wiqāyah), وِقَاء (wiqāʔ), مِجَنّ (mijann), تُرْس (turs).
- What does shield mean in English?
- Shield means a broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
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