نهج

Arabic

Root
ن ه ج (n-h-j)

Verb

نَهَجَ • (nahaja) I, non-past يَنْهَجُ‎ (yanhaju)

  1. to follow

Conjugation

Noun

نَهْج • (nahj) m (plural نُهُوج (nuhūj) or أَنْهُج (ʔanhuj))

  1. taken path; way; mode; technique; method, sort; norm;
    أَخَذ النَّهْجʔaḵaḏ an-nahjto take the approach
    نَهْجُ الثَّوْبُnahju ṯ-ṯawbuway of dressing
    • 2017 October 25, “وزير الخزانة الأميركي يتوعد: سنتخذ إجراءات رادعة ضد مليشيات حزب اللات”, in The Baghdad Post:
      وتأتي تلك الخطوات في سياق النهج الذي يتبعه الرئيس الأميركي، دونالد ترمب، منذ توليه الرئاسة تجاه إيران.
      And these steps come in the context of the approach towards Iran which the American president Donald Trump follows since his taking over the President’s office.

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ن ه ج
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَهِجَ (nahija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nhaʒ/

Verb

نهج • (nhaj) I (non-past ينهج (yinhaj), verbal noun نهجة (nahja))

  1. to pant (for people)
    Synonym: (for animals) لهت (lhat)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَهْج (nahj).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [näɦd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑːd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔːd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? nahj
Dari reading? nahj
Iranian reading? nahj
Tajik reading? nahj

Noun

نهج • (nahj)

  1. manner
    Synonyms: طور, طریقه, روش
  2. way, road
    Synonyms: راه, روش, طریقه
    نهج البلاغةnahj-al-balâgathe way to rhetoric (name of a famous book by Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib)

References

  • Ibn Faris (c. 900 CE?) Maqayees al-Lughah
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