نكاح

Arabic

Root
ن ك ح (n-k-ḥ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.kaːħ/

Noun

نِكَاح • (nikāḥ) m (plural أَنْكِحَة (ʔankiḥa))

1. verbal noun of نَكَحَ (nakaḥa) (form I)
2. (formal) marriage

   Synonym: زَوَاج (zawāj)

   عَقْد النِكَاح ― ʕaqd an-nikāḥ ― marriage contract

   1. (dated) marriageability
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:6:

        وَٱبْتَلُوا ٱلْيَتَامَى حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغُوا ٱلنِّكَاحَ فَإِنْ آنَسْتُم مِنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَٱدْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ […]

        wabtalū l-yatāmā ḥattā ʔiḏā balaḡū n-nikāḥa faʔin ʔānastum minhum rušdan fadfaʕū ʔilayhim ʔamwālahum […]

        Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if then ye find sound judgment in them, release their property to them; […]

3. sexual intercourse

   Synonym: جِمَاع (jimāʕ)

Declension

Declension of noun نِكَاح (nikāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِكَاح nikāḥ	النِّكَاح an-nikāḥ	نِكَاح nikāḥ
Nominative	نِكَاحٌ nikāḥun	النِّكَاحُ an-nikāḥu	نِكَاحُ nikāḥu
Accusative	نِكَاحًا nikāḥan	النِّكَاحَ an-nikāḥa	نِكَاحَ nikāḥa
Genitive	نِكَاحٍ nikāḥin	النِّكَاحِ an-nikāḥi	نِكَاحِ nikāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِكَاحَيْن nikāḥayn	النِّكَاحَيْن an-nikāḥayn	نِكَاحَيْ nikāḥay
Nominative	نِكَاحَانِ nikāḥāni	النِّكَاحَانِ an-nikāḥāni	نِكَاحَا nikāḥā
Accusative	نِكَاحَيْنِ nikāḥayni	النِّكَاحَيْنِ an-nikāḥayni	نِكَاحَيْ nikāḥay
Genitive	نِكَاحَيْنِ nikāḥayni	النِّكَاحَيْنِ an-nikāḥayni	نِكَاحَيْ nikāḥay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْكِحَة ʔankiḥa	الْأَنْكِحَة al-ʔankiḥa	أَنْكِحَة ʔankiḥat
Nominative	أَنْكِحَةٌ ʔankiḥatun	الْأَنْكِحَةُ al-ʔankiḥatu	أَنْكِحَةُ ʔankiḥatu
Accusative	أَنْكِحَةً ʔankiḥatan	الْأَنْكِحَةَ al-ʔankiḥata	أَنْكِحَةَ ʔankiḥata
Genitive	أَنْكِحَةٍ ʔankiḥatin	الْأَنْكِحَةِ al-ʔankiḥati	أَنْكِحَةِ ʔankiḥati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nikah, nigah
• → English: nikah, nikaah
• → Indonesian: nikah
• → Ottoman Turkish: نكاح
  • Turkish: nikâh
• → Persian: نکاح (nekâh)
  • → Hindustani:

  Hindi: निकाह (nikāh)

  Urdu: نکاح (nikāh)

  • → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਿਕਾਹ (nikāh)

  Shahmukhi script: نکاح (nikāh)

• → Swahili: nikaha
• → Uzbek: nikoh