نية

Arabic

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nij.ja/

Noun

نِيَّة • (niyya) f (plural نِيَّات (niyyāt) or نَوايَا (nawāyā))

  1. verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, “to think, to intend”) (form I)
  2. intention, purpose, resolution
    إنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى ― But deeds are in intentions, and every man will have what he intends.
  3. will, tendency, inclination, wish, object of investigation
  4. (obsolete) distance

Declension

Descendants

  • → Bashkir: ниәт (niət)
  • → Malay: niat
  • → Persian: نیت (niyyat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نیت (niyyet)
  • → Swahili: nia
  • → Uyghur: نىيەت (niyet)
  • → Uzbek: niyat

References

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