fard
/fɑɹd/noun, adjective
fard is a noun meaning “A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-D, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fard is fards.
What does fard mean?
noun
- 1
A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation.
- 2
A document attesting to the owner of a property.
- 3
archaicColour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
- 4
ScotlandobsoleteAlternative form of ferd (“force of movement; impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset”).
adjective
- 1
Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.
verb
- 1
archaicTo paint, as the cheeks or face.
- 2
archaicTo embellish or gloss over.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fard?
- UK /fɑːd/
- US /fɑɹd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fard
- fards present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- farding participle, present
- farded participle, past
- faird
- feard
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fard?
Fard appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fard come from?
Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).