أنانية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, egotistical) + ـَة (-a).

Noun

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyya) f

  1. selfishness, egoism
    Synonym: أَثَرَة (ʔaṯara)
    Antonym: إِيثَار (ʔīṯār)
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: انانیت
    • Turkish: enaniyet
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أنا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

أَنَانِيَّة • (ʔanāniyya) f

  1. feminine singular of أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy)
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