نکاح

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.kɑːh]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.kʰɑːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.kʰɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.kʰɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.kʰɒːʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.kʰɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nikāh
Dari reading^?	nikāh
Iranian reading^?	nekâh
Tajik reading^?	nikoh

Noun

نکاح • (nekâh)

marriage, matrimony

Derived terms

نکاح کردن (nekâh kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nikāh), from Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.kɑːɦ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

نِکاح • (nikāh) m (Hindi spelling निकाह)

(Islam) matrimony, nikah

Declension

Declension of نکاح
	singular	plural
direct	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاح (nikāh)
oblique	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاحوں (nikāhō̃)
vocative	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاحو (nikāhō)

Derived terms

نکاح کرنا (nikāh karnā, “to marry”)
نکاح پڑہانا (nikāh paṛhānā, “to conduct a marriage”)
نکاح میں لانا (nikāh mẽ lānā, “to take in marriage”)
نکاح نامہ (nikāh-nāmā, “marital contract, marriage certificate”)
شرائطِ نکاح (śarā'it-e-nikāh, “marriage terms, conditions of a marriage”)

References

“نکاح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“نکاح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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