Arabic

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Root
ن ز ه (n-z-h)

Etymology

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Verbal noun of نَزَّهَ (nazzaha).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تَنْزِيه (tanzīhm

  1. verbal noun of نَزَّهَ (nazzaha) (form II)
  2. (Islam) declaring that God is free of defect
  3. (Islam) tanzih: transcendence, deanthropomorphism (declaring incomparability of God)
    Antonym: تَشْبِيه (tašbīh)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: tənzih
  • Ottoman Turkish: تنزیه (tenzih)
  • Persian: تنزیه
  • Uzbek: tanzih