backbiting

Etymology 1
From, , , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

Translations

 * Arabic: غِيبَة
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ғәйбәт
 * Belarusian: зласло́ўе
 * Bengali:
 * Irish: fodhord
 * Italian:, sussurrio, ,
 * Kazakh: ғайбат
 * Malagasy:
 * Persian: دشتیاد,
 * Russian: ,
 * Tajik: ғайбат
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: злосло́вення, лихослі́в'я
 * Urdu: غِیبَت

Etymology 2
From, equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.