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fitna en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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fitna en · X · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (contraction, rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
    • I'm fitna go to the store.