نكاح

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Arabic

Root
ن ك ح (n-k-ḥ)

Pronunciation

Noun

نِكَاح (nikāḥm (plural أَنْكِحَة (ʔankiḥa))

  1. verbal noun of نَكَحَ (nakaḥa) (form I)
  2. (formal) marriage
    Synonym: زَوَاج (zawāj)
    عَقْد النِكَاحʕaqd an-nikāḥmarriage 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)

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