Etymology

hadith

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Today it means: An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran. Full definition →

Arabic حَدِيث m
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hadith · noun1

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromحَدِيث m“recent events; story; discourse; hadith”
  2. English todayhadith

From Arabic حَدِيث m (ḥadīṯ, “recent events; story; discourse; hadith”), from حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell; to relate; to report”).

Hadith · proper noun2

See hadith.

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