نكاح

From the root ن ك ح‎ (n-k-ḥ).

• IPA^(key): /ni.kaːħ/

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)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• → Azerbaijani: nikah, nigah
• → English: nikah, nikaah
• → Indonesian: nikah
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • 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