منهج

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Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew מִנְהָג (minhág), which may have influenced the religious sense (though the Arabic word as such is probably native from the root ن ه ج (n-h-j)).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِنْهَج or مَنْهَج (minhaj or manhajm (plural مَنَاهِج (manāhij))

  1. specific manner of doing something; methodology; system; programme
  2. (religion, especially Islam) doctrine; a body of stances, particularly on matters of ritual, but also theology, law, etc. (as taught by a denomination or an indivual scholar)

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: manhaj
  • Hausa: manhaja
  • Persian: منهج
  • Ottoman Turkish: منهج (menhec)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ن ه ج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

References

  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 22