fard

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɑːd/
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• General-American: /fɑɹd/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
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Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).

The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”). The word is cognate with Icelandic farða, Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Old High German farwjan (“to colour”) (modern German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Welsh erch (“dark brown”). The noun derived is from French fard (“cosmetics, make-up”), from Old French fart (“cosmetics, make-up”) (masculine) (farde (feminine)); further etymology is uncertain, but a possible derivation is from Old High German gifarwit (“coloured, painted”), past participle of farwjan (“to colour”), from Proto-West Germanic *faru (related to the verb).

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: fard — (Islam) required as a matter of religious duty or obligation
• Finnish: kasvoväri — colour or paint used on the face
• Icelandic: farði — colour or paint used on the face
• Icelandic: andlitsfarði — colour or paint used on the face
• Icelandic: kinnalitur — colour or paint used on the face
• Icelandic: litur — colour or paint used on the face
• Icelandic: smink — colour or paint used on the face
• Ido: fardo — colour or paint used on the face
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزكون (düzgün) — colour or paint used on the face
• Finnish: fard — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Gujarati: ફર્જ (pharj) — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Gujarati: ફર્ઝ (pharjh) — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Gujarati: ફરજ (pharaj) — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Japanese: ファルド (farudo) — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Malay: fardu — commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil
• Finnish: laittaa kasvoväriä — to paint, as the cheeks or face
• Icelandic: farða — to paint, as the cheeks or face
• Ido: fardizar — to paint, as the cheeks or face