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nikah.

A Muslim wedding.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A Muslim wedding.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An Islamic marriage contract, especially (inexact) short for nikah 'urfi, any of various Islamic customary marriage procedures providing limited legal rights.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ, “marriage, acceptance of dowry”), from the root ن ك ح (nkḥ, "combine, merge").

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