فائده fāʼida for A. فائدة fāʼidat, act. part. n. fr. فيد 'to accrue' to
P فائده fāʼida (for A. فائدة fāʼidat, act. part. n. fr. فيد 'to accrue' (to)), s.m. Profit, advantage, benefit, good, avail, utility, use; gain; yield; interest; value;—convalescence;—moral (of a story, &c.); result; inference; corollary:—fāʼida uṭhānā (-se), To reap benefit or advantage (from); to enjoy; to utilize, to turn to account; to make the most of:—fāʼida karnā (-ko), To prove beneficial (to), to benefit; to profit, avail, serve; to do good (to), to improve; to cure:—fāʼida-mand, adj. Profitable, beneficial, advantageous, useful; efficacious; efficient; benefited; edified; gratified:—be-fāʼida, adj. & adv. Profitless, useless, bootless, unavailing; unserviceable, of no use; needless; absurd;—unprofitably; to no purpose, bootlessly, in vain, uselessly, &c.
فدائي fidāʼī rel. n. fr. fidā
P فدائي fidāʼī (rel. n. fr. fidā), adj. & s.m. Devoted; offering oneself as a ransom or a victim;—one who sacrifices or devotes himself for (another); one who volunteers or risks his life in any perilous service;—a lover; a thief; a murderer.
فدا fidā inf. n. of فدي 'to give a ransom; to ransom,' c.
A فدا fidā (inf. n. of فدي 'to give a ransom; to ransom,' &c.), s.f. A ransom; redemption; sacrifice; consecration, devotion; devoting oneself (to save another); a thing devoted;—adj. Devoted (to); sacrificed or dying (for):—fidā karnā, v.t. To sacrifice (a thing, or oneself, for), to devote (oneself, or a thing, for, or to, -par, or -ke ūpar, or meṅ):—fidā honā, v.n. To become a ransom (for), be sacrificed (for, -kī), to be devoted (for or to, -par).
