Gaddafi

//ɡəˈdɑfi// name

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

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muammar al qaddafi

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"Muammar Gaddafi is a megalomaniac."

Etymology

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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