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madad (v.n. fr. مدّ 'to supply; to help, assist,' etc.), s.f. Assistance, help, aid, succour; support; relief; means of support (as wages, etc.); allowance, provision;—reinforcements;—hands (as labourers, masons, etc., e.g. madad uṭh-ga`ī):—madad bāṅṭnā(-ko), To distribute wages (to labourers); to distribute relief, etc.:—madad-ḵẖarć, s.m. Expenditure in aid or relief, etc.; subscriptions, contributions (to or towards);—advances:—madad-ḵẖẉāh, s.m. One who asks for assistance or succour; a suppliant:—madad denā(-ko), To render aid, to furnish assistance (to), to help, etc.:—madad karnā(-kī), To render assistance (to), to assist, aid, help, succour, etc.—madad-gār, s.m. & f. Assister, helper, aider; protector; ally; auxiliary;—an assistant;—an accessory:—madad-gār honā(-kā), To be a helper or aider (of), to help, etc.;—to be an accessory (to):—madad-gārī, s.f. Assistance, etc. (=madad):—madad-ě-ma’āsh, s.f. Means of support, provision, maintenance; pension;—an assignment of revenue for the support of learned or pious Muḥammadans, or of charitable institutions.
Origin: Arabic