nikah
See also: nikâh
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ, “marriage”).
Noun edit
nikah (countable and uncountable, plural nikahs)
- The Islamic marriage ceremony
- 2015 July 29, “The Skype ceremony – the young Tajiks getting married online”, in The Guardian[1]:
- There are no official statistics on how many Tajiks have married via Skype, but we spoke to five couples who said they performed the Islamic wedding ceremony nikah through the video chat service, which they say is becoming even more common in more the country’s rural areas.
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nikah (definite accusative nikahı, plural nikahlar)
Declension edit
Declension of nikah | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | nikah |
nikahlar | ||||||
definite accusative | nikahı |
nikahları | ||||||
dative | nikaha |
nikahlara | ||||||
locative | nikahda |
nikahlarda | ||||||
ablative | nikahdan |
nikahlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | nikahın |
nikahların |
Derived terms edit
- təknikahlılıq (“monogamy”)
- çoxnikahlılıq (“polygamy”)
- nikahlamaq (“to wed”, transitive)
- nikahlanmaq (“to wed”, reciprocal or intransitive)
- nikahlı (“married”)
Collocations edit
marriage
- xoşbəxt nikah ― happy marriage
- vətəndaşlıq nikahı ― civil marriage
- vətəndaş nikahı ― cohabitation
- qanunsuz nikah ― illegitimate marriage
- qeyd edilmiş nikah ― registered marriage
- dini nikah ― religious marriage
- nikahın etibarsızlığı ― invalidity of marriage
- nikah bağlamaq ― to conclude a marriage
- nikaha daxil olmaq ― to enter into marriage
- nikahı pozmaq ― to dissolve the marriage
- nikah ittifaqı ― marital union
- nikah yaşı ― marriage (marriageable) age
- nikah müqaviləsi ― prenuptial agreement
- nikah kəsmək ― to wed (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Further reading edit
- “nikah” in Obastan.com.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay nikah, from Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).
Noun edit
nikah (first-person possessive nikahku, second-person possessive nikahmu, third-person possessive nikahnya)
Usage notes edit
In everyday speech, nikah is more preferred than kawin since kawin is often referred to animal mating.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from nikah
Further reading edit
- “nikah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.