fitna

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noun

Temptation.

“I'm fitna go to the store.”

OriginArabic فِتْنَة →
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Meanings

fitna1

nounfitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

plural fitnas

  1. uncountableIslamTemptation.
  2. countableuncountableStrife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.

fitna2

contraction
  1. contractionrareAfrican-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

    I'm fitna go to the store.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
temptation

Origin

  1. Arabicفِتْنَة“sedition, strife”
  2. Englishfitna

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fitna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fitna.

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