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adqa (for A. صدقة adaqat, v.n. fr. صدق ; see idq), s.m. An alms; a gift, donation; a propitiatory offering, a sacrifice (to avert misfortune, or sickness, etc.); a person or thing devoted;—devotion (to); favour, grace, kindness:—adqe utārnā, v.t. To draw off or away (an evil spirit) by a sacrifice (or by walking round the person, repeating an incantation, etc.):—adqe jānā(-par), To become, or to offer oneself, as a sacrifice for the welfare, etc. (of another); to move round (a person) by way of exhibiting devotion, or affection, or reverence (for him or her):—adqe denāor adqe karnā, v.t. To sacrifice (a thing, or oneself, for, -par, the welfare of another); to devote oneself (for, -par):—adqeor adqe-wārī, My life is devoted to you; my life for you:—adqe honā, v.n.=adqe jānā, q.v.
Origin: Persian