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fard

Pronunciation: /fɑːd/

The English word “fard” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To paint, as the cheeks or face.
  2. To embellish or gloss over.

noun

  1. Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
  2. A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation.
  3. A document attesting to the owner of a property.

adjective

  1. Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.

Etymology

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…

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