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fitna

fitna noun: temptation.

Noun

fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

  1. (uncountable) Temptation.
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.

Contraction

fitna

  1. (contraction, rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
    • I'm fitna go to the store.

Forms of fitna

pluralfitnas

Origin of fitna

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

Questions about fitna

What does fitna mean?
Fitna means temptation.
What part of speech is fitna?
Fitna can be a noun or a contraction.
What is the plural of fitna?
The plural of fitna is fitnas.

Words near fitna in the dictionary

  1. fitlier
  2. fitliest
  3. fitly
  4. fitment
  5. fitments
  6. fitna
  7. fitnah
  8. fitnas
  9. fitness
  10. fitness ball
  11. fitness balls

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