See also: دھنی and ذہنی

Arabic edit

Root
ذ ه ن (ḏ-h-n)

Etymology edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of ذِهْن (ḏihn, mind, intellect) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ذِهْنِيّ (ḏihniyy) (feminine ذِهْنِيَّة (ḏihniyya), masculine plural ذِهْنِيُّونَ (ḏihniyyūna), feminine plural ذِهْنِيَّات (ḏihniyyāt))

  1. mental
  2. intellectual

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: zehni
  • Persian: ذهنی (zihnī)
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذهنی (zihnî)
  • Uzbek: zehniy

References edit

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