نکاح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.kɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.kʰɑːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.kʰɑːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.kʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.kʰɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.kʰɒːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.kʰɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nikāh
Dari reading?	nikāh
Iranian reading?	nekâh
Tajik reading?	nikoh

Noun

نکاح • (nekâh)

1. marriage, matrimony

Derived terms

• نکاح کردن (nekâh kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نکاح (nikāh), from Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.kɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

نِکاح • (nikāh) m (Hindi spelling निकाह)

1. (Islam) matrimony, nikah

Declension

Declension of نکاح

	singular	plural
direct	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاح (nikāh)
oblique	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاحوں (nikāhõ)
vocative	نکاح (nikāh)	نکاحو (nikāho)

Derived terms

• نکاح کرنا (nikāh karnā, “to marry”)
• نکاح پڑہانا (nikāh paṛhānā, “to conduct a marriage”)
• نکاح میں لانا (nikāh mẽ lānā, “to take in marriage”)
• نکاح نامہ (nikāh-nāmā, “marital contract, marriage certificate”)
• شرائطِ نکاح (śarā'it-e-nikāh, “marriage terms, conditions of a marriage”)

References

• “نکاح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نکاح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.