fedai
nounUK /fɛdʌɪˈiː/
Etymology From Iranian Persian فدائی (fedâ'i, “someone who risks their life for a cause”), and its source, Arabic فِدَائِيّ (fidāʔiyy). Doublet of fedayee.
1
Historical An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition.
2
Rare A member of the fedayeen; a dedicated guerrilla fighter.
- Enver […] received other Young Turk fedaî officers at his base camp in Ayn al-Mansur.2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 16: