different between farb vs fard

English

Etymology

Disputed. Various explanations of the origin are given:

• That it is a contraction of the phrase "far be it from me to criticize anyone, but...", or of "far below" (the expected standard).
• That it comes from the German word Farbe ("colour") (many fabrics dyed with modern dyes are "too colourful" to be authentic, by comparison with their historical originals).
• There exists a letter dated 1 April 1863 from an A.R. Crawford in the 76th Illinois Infantry, Co D, that uses the phrase, "fallacious accoutrements & reprehensible baggage," in description of six children posing in phony military gear during a sham reenactment that took place during the actual Civil War. Many point to this phrase as the origin of the word, citing "farb" as an acronym.
• Many early replica rifles were marked with what looked like "F.A.R.B" among the proofmarks. Removing this would make the rifle look more authentic.

Pronunciation

Noun

farb (plural farbs)

1. (US) A historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate (for example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume). The opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".

Derived terms

• farby

Verb

farb (third-person singular simple present farbs, present participle farbing, simple past and past participle farbed)

1. (US, slang, intransitive) To act like a farb; to portray a historical character in an inauthentic way.

Anagrams

• barf, frab

Polish

Noun

farb f

1. genitive plural of farba

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Etymology 1

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 *farwid?n (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþ?n? (“to colour”), from *farw? (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?- (“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 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).

Verb

fard (third-person singular simple present fards, present participle farding, simple past and past participle farded)

1. (transitive, archaic) To paint, as the cheeks or face.
2. (transitive, archaic) To embellish or gloss over.

Translations

Noun

fard (countable and uncountable, plural fards)

1. (archaic) Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.

Alternative forms

• faird (16th c., Scotland)
• feard (16th c.)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ferd.

Noun

fard (plural fards)

1. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of faird (“force of movement; impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (far?, “religious duty”), from ??????? (fara?a, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).

Noun

fard (plural fards)

1. (Islam) A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil; a religious duty or obligation.

Translations

Adjective

fard (not comparable)

1. (Islam) Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.

Translations

References

Further reading

• fard (Islam) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• RDFa, darf

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French fard (“make-up, cosmetics”), from farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), from Old Frankish *farwid?n (“to dye, colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþ?n? (“to colour”), from *farw? (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farwjan (“to colour”), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”). See more above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?/

Noun

fard m (plural fards)

1. make-up
2. deception

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: fard (noun)

Further reading

• “fard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French farder (“to apply paint, makeup (to the face)”)

Noun

fard m (invariable)

1. blusher, rouge

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (fard).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fart/

Adjective

fard (plural frad or frud)

1. odd (not even)
2. single

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fardi

Noun

fard f

1. traffic, journey

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vart
  • ? Danish: fart
  • ? Swedish: fart
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: fart

Romanian

Etymology

From French fard.

Noun

fard n (plural farduri)

1. make-up

Declension