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 نَوَىBut 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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