different between fitna vs fitra

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation.
2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.

References

• OED 2006

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• See fixing to.

Contraction

fitna

1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm fitna go to the store.

Anagrams

• Fanti, faint

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fitna, from Proto-Germanic *fitnan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??tna/
• Rhymes: -??tna
• Homophone: fitnað

Verb

fitna (third person singular past indicative fitnaði, third person plural past indicative fitnaðu, supine fitnað)

1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat

   Tú ert fitnaður.

   You've gotten fatter.

Conjugation

Related terms

• fiti
• feitur
• fita

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?htna/
• Rhymes: -?htna

Verb

fitna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitnaði, supine fitnað)

1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat

   Þú hefur fitnað yfir jólin.

   You've gotten fatter over Christmas.

Conjugation

Related terms

• feiti
• feitur
• fita

English

Alternative forms

• fitrah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (fi?ra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?t??a], [?f?t?a]

Noun

fitra (uncountable)

1. (Islam) the original innocent state of humans after being created by Allah.

Anagrams

• afrit, frati, ftira, iftar, traif