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Gaddafi

gad·dafi

UK/ɡəˈdæfi/ US/ɡəˈdɑfi/ uncommon

noun

1.

Origin

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

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