Gaddafi

== English == === Alternative forms === (most common) Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Qadhdhafi (also very common) Gadafi, Gaddafy, Kaddafi, Gadhafi, Khadafy, Gadaffi (moderately common) Qadaffi, Qadafi, Quaddafi, Khadafi, Khaddafi, Ghadaffi, Qathafi, Kadhafi, Ghaddafi, Kadafi, Ghadafi, Gadafy (uncommon) Gadhaffi, Gaddhafi, Gadaffy, Ghaddaffi, Gheddafi, Qadhaffi, Qaddhafi, Quadaffi, Quadhafi, Quadafi, Khadaffi, Khaddafy, Kadaffi, Kazzafi (rare) Gadaafi, Gaddaffy, Ghadaffy, Ghadafy, Ghaddafy, Ghedaffi, Kaddaffi, Kaddhafi, Kadhaffi, Kazafi, Khaddaffi, Khadhafi, Qazhafi, Qazzafi, Qhadaffi, Qhadafi, Qhaddafi, Quadaffy, Quadafy, Quaddaffi, Quaddafy, Quaddhafi, Quathafi (very rare) Khadhaffi, Qadhdhaffi, Kadaphi, Kajjaphi, Kajaphi === Etymology === From Libyan Arabic قدافي (gaddāfi, gaḏḏāfi), from Arabic قَذَّافِيّ (qaḏḏāfiyy), an occupational term from قَذَّاف (qaḏḏāf, “hurler, flinger; catapult, mangonel, ballista”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdæfi/, enPR: gə-dă'fē (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdɑfi/, enPR: gə-dä'fē Rhymes: (UK) -æfi === Proper noun === Gaddafi A transliteration of the Arabic surname القَذَّافِيّ (al-qaḏḏāfiyy). Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====