نياحة

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), where the root ܢ-ܘ-ܚ (n-w-ḥ) relating to “rest”, as Arabic ن و خ (n-w-ḵ), was figuratively extended for becoming quiet and sad minutes of silence.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni.jaː.ħa/

Noun

نِياحة • (niyāḥa) f

lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased
(Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death
Synonyms: وَفاة (wafāh), مَوْت (mawt)

Derived terms

نَاحَ (nāḥa, “to wail”)
نُوَاح (nuwāḥ, “a wailing; wailings”)
نَائِحَة (nāʔiḥa, “a wailing woman”)
نَوَّاحَة (nawwāḥa), نَوَّاح (nawwāḥ, “wailer, mourner”)
مَناح (manāḥ), مَنَاحَة (manāḥa, “wailing, mourning”)
نَاوَحَ (nāwaḥa, “to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)”)
تَنَيَّحَ (tanayyaḥa)
تَنَوَّحَ (tanawwaḥa, “to dangle”)
نَنَاوَحَ (nanāwaḥa, “to warble; to howl”)
اِسْتَنَاحَ (istanāḥa, “to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail”)