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ذو وجهين

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Arabic

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Noun

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ذُو وَجْهَيْنِ (ḏū wajhaynim (feminine ذَات وَجْهَيْنِ (ḏāt wajhayni))

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ذُو (ḏū),‎ وَجْه (wajh).
  2. (idiomatic) two-faced, deceitful, hypocritical, duplicitous
    • Hadith
      إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ
      ʔinna šarra n-nāsi ḏū l-wajhayni, allaḏī yaʔtī haʔulāʔi biwajhin wahaʔulāʔi biwajhin
      Indeed, the worst of people is the two-faced person, who comes to some people with one face and to some people with another face.