| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  zw. |
| DEFINITION: | Arabic root, to strive, make a raid. a. ghazi, from Arabic  z , raider, warrior, active participle of az, to strive, make a raid; b. razzia, from Arabic azya, dialectal variant of azwa, raid, military attack, from az (see above). |
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