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Shadi

Shadi proper noun: a unisex given name from Arabic or Persian.

Proper noun

Shadi

  1. A unisex given name from Arabic or Persian.
    • Shadi is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.2025 December 12, Andrew Sullivan, “Shadi Hamid On US Power And The New NSS”, in The Weekly Dish
  2. A surname from Arabic or Persian.
  3. A village in Taybad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

Origin of Shadi

Borrowed from Arabic شَادِي (šādī), Iranian Persian شَادی (šâdi).

Questions about Shadi

What does Shadi mean?
Shadi means a unisex given name from Arabic or Persian.
What part of speech is Shadi?
Shadi is a proper noun.

Words near Shadi in the dictionary

  1. shadflies
  2. shadflower
  3. shadflowers
  4. shadfly
  5. Shadforth
  6. Shadi
  7. shadier
  8. shadiest
  9. shadily
  10. shadine
  11. shadines

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