دشمن

دشمن (düşmən) (definite accusative دشمنی (düşməni), plural دشمنلر (düşmənlər))

1. Arabic spelling of düşmən (“enemy”)

دشمن • (dušman)

1. enemy

• دژمن (dužman)

دُشمَن (duşman) (definite accusative دُشمَنؽ, plural دُشمَنلار)

1. Arabic spelling of duşman (“enemy”)

• տիւշմէն (düşmen), տիւշման (düşman) — Armeno-Turkish

Borrowed from Persian دشمن (došman).

دشمن • (düşmen, düşman)

1. enemy, foe

   Synonyms: خصم (hasm, hasım), یاغی (yağı)

   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], page 500:

     دشمنلر و خلیفه‌لر برابر اوله‌بیلیرلر و هر شی یاپمغه تشبث ایده‌بیلیرلر. فقط ، یكی توركیه‌نك طرز اداره‌سنی ، سیاستنی ، قوتی قطعیاً صارصه‌مزلر.

     Düşmanlar ve halifeler beraber olabilirler ve her şey yapmaya teşebbüs edebilirler. Fakat, yeñi Türkiye'nin tarz idaresini, siyasetini, kuvveti katiyen sarsamazlar.

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دشمن

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšmn'), [script needed] (dwšmyn'), 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫏𐫗 (dwšmyn /⁠dušmēn⁠/, “enemy”), from Proto-Iranian *dušmánah. Compare Ancient Greek δῠσμενής (dusmenḗs), Sanskrit दुर्मनस् (durmanas).

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دُشْمَن • (došman) (plural دشمنان (došmanân))

1. enemy

   Antonym: دوسْت (dust)

• دشمنی (došmani)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թշնամի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 191–192

Borrowed from Classical Persian دشمن (dušman). Compare Urdu دُشْمَن (duśman).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊʃᵊ.məɳᵊ/
• Rhymes: -əɳᵊ

دُشْمَݨ • (duśmaṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ)

1. enemy, villain

• “دشمن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Borrowed from Classical Persian دشمن (dušman). Compare Punjabi دُشْمَݨ (duśmaṇ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊʃ.mən/

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• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: دُشْ‧مَن

دُشْمَن • (duśman) m (Hindi spelling दुश्मन)

1. enemy, foe

   Synonyms: شَتْرُو (śatrū), بَیری (bairī)

   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     کُچھ بات ہَے کِہ ہَسْتی مِٹْتی نَہِیں ہَماری
     صَدِیوں رَہَا ہَے دُشْمَن دَورِ زَماں ہَمارا

     kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
     sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-i zamā̃ hamārā

     There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
     Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.

2. opponent

   Synonym: مُخالِف (muxālif)

• دُشْمَنِی (duśmanī)

• “دشمن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دشمن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دشمن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 308
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دشمن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 518
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “دشمن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 628
• John Shakespear (1834) “دشمن”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 860