مذہب

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَذْهَب (mazhab), from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mázab IPA^(key): /mə˦.zəb/, [mɐ˩˥.zɐbᵊ]

مَذْہَب • (maẕhab) m (plural مَذاہِب, Gurmukhi spelling ਮਜ਼ਹਬ)

1. religion

   Synonyms: دَھرَم (dharam), دِین (dīn)

2. (Islam) madhhab, school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مذہَب”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مذہب”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਮਜ਼੍ਹਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَذْهَب (mazhab), from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məz.ɦəb/
• Rhymes: -əb

مَذْہَب • (mazhab) m (formal plural مَذاہِب (mazāhib), Hindi spelling मज़हब)

1. (chiefly) religion

   Synonyms: دین (dīn), دَھرْم (dharm)

   • Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind:

     مذہب نہیں سکھاتا آپس میں بیر رکھنا
     ہندی ہیں ہم وطن ہے ہندوستاں ہمارا

     mazhab nahī̃ sikhātā, āpas mẽ bair rakhnā
     hindī ha͠i ham, vatan ha͠i, hindostā̃ hamārā

     Religion does not preach animosity among ourselves.
     We are Hindi and our homeland is Hindustan.

2. creed, sectarian belief
3. (Islam) madhhab, school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
4. (by extension) any school of thought

• مَذْہَبی (mazhabī)

• فِرْقَہ (firqa)

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