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تَحَدِّي
challenge /taˈħad.diː/
nounB1#2333 most common
Also: defiance, dare, daring
Example sentences
هَذَا التَّحَدِّي كَبِيرٌ.
This challenge is big.
أُحِبُّ التَّحَدِّيَ الجَدِيدَ.
I like the new challenge.
تَحَدِّي تَعَلُّمِ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ صَعْبٌ لَكِنَّهُ مُمْتِعٌ.
The challenge of learning Arabic is hard, but it is enjoyable.
وَاجَهَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ تَحَدِّيَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً خِلَالَ السَّنَةِ الماضِيَةِ.
The company faced many challenges over the past year.
يَكْمُنُ التَّحَدِّي الحَقِيقِيُّ فِي تَغْيِيرِ عَادَاتِنَا اليَوْمِيَّةِ لَا فِي مُجَرَّدِ التَّخْطِيطِ لَهَا.
The real challenge lies in changing our daily habits, not merely planning them.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّحَدِّيَاتِ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةِ المُتَلَاحِقَةِ، تَمَكَّنَتِ الحُكُومَةُ مِنَ الحِفَاظِ عَلَى اسْتِقْرَارِ العُمْلَةِ.
Despite the successive economic challenges, the government managed to keep the currency stable.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَحَدٍّ / التَّحَدِّي | تَحَدِّيَاتٌ / التَّحَدِّيَاتُ |
| Genitive | تَحَدٍّ / التَّحَدِّي | تَحَدِّيَاتٍ / التَّحَدِّيَاتِ |
| Accusative | تَحَدِّيًا / التَّحَدِّيَ | تَحَدِّيَاتٍ / التَّحَدِّيَاتِ |
| Vocative | يَا تَحَدِّي | يَا تَحَدِّيَات |
Word family
تَحَدَّىto challenge, to defy
يَتَحَدَّىhe challenges (present tense)
مُتَحَدٍّchallenger, one who defies
حَدَاto drive on or urge forward, the older root sense behind the idea of a contest
Etymology
تَحَدِّي is the verbal noun of the Form VI verb تَحَدَّى, which means to challenge, vie with, or defy someone. The root is connected to حَدَا, an older verb meaning to drive or urge camels forward while chanting, a term tied to spurring rivals on in a contest. Over time the sense narrowed from physical driving to the abstract idea of pitting oneself against another or against a difficulty. Arabic is a Semitic language, so this word has no Indo-European root.
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