Gaddafi

English

Alternative forms

• (most common) Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Qadhdhafi
• (also very common) Gadafi, Gaddafy, Kaddafi, Gadhafi, Khadafy, Gadaffi
• (moderately common) Qadaffi, Qadafi, Quaddafi, Khadafi, Khaddafi, Ghadaffi, Qathafi, Kadhafi, Ghaddafi, Kadafi, Ghadafi, Gadafy
• (uncommon) Gadhaffi, Gaddhafi, Gadaffy, Ghaddaffi, Gheddafi, Qadhaffi, Qaddhafi, Quadaffi, Quadhafi, Quadafi, Khadaffi, Khaddafy, Kadaffi, Kazzafi
• (rare) Gadaafi, Gaddaffy, Ghadaffy, Ghadafy, Ghaddafy, Ghedaffi, Kaddaffi, Kaddhafi, Kadhaffi, Kazafi, Khaddaffi, Khadhafi, Qazhafi, Qazzafi, Qhadaffi, Qhadafi, Qhaddafi, Quadaffy, Quadafy, Quaddaffi, Quaddafy, Quaddhafi, Quathafi
• (very rare) Khadhaffi, Qadhdhaffi, Kadaphi, Kajjaphi, Kajaphi

Etymology

From Libyan Arabic قدافي (gaddāfi, gaḏḏāfi), from Arabic قَذَّافِيّ (qaḏḏāfiyy), an occupational term from قَذَّاف (qaḏḏāf, “hurler, flinger; catapult, mangonel, ballista”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdæfi/, enPR: gə-dă'fē
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdɑfi/, enPR: gə-dä'fē
• Rhymes: (UK) -æfi

Proper noun

Gaddafi

1. A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy).
2. Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.

Derived terms

• Gaddafian
• Gaddafism
• Gaddafist

Translations

surname

• Arabic: قَذَّافِيّ (qaḏḏāfiyy), القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy)

  Libyan Arabic: قدافي (gaddāfi, gaḏḏāfi)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡扎菲 (zh) (Kǎzhāfēi)

• French: Kadhafi (fr)
• Hindi: गद्दाफ़ी m (gaddāfī)
• Italian: Gheddafi
• Japanese: カッザーフィー (Kazzāfī), ガッダーフィ (Gaddāfi), ガッダーフィー (Gaddāfī)