نياحة

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā, “quiet; rest”), where the root ܢ ܘ ܚ relating to “rest”, as Arabic ن و خ (n w ḵ), was figuratively extended for becoming quiet and sad minutes of silence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.jaː.ħa/

Noun

نِياحة • (niyāḥa) f

  1. lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased
  2. (Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death
    Synonyms: وَفاة (wafāh), مَوْت (mawt)

Derived terms

  • اِسْتَنَاحَ (istanāḥa, “to howl, to wail as to induce others to wail”)
  • تَنَوَّحَ (tanawwaḥa, “to dangle”)
  • تَنَيَّحَ (tanayyaḥa)
  • مَناح (manāḥ), مَنَاحَة (manāḥa, “wailing, mourning”)
  • نَائِحَة (nāʔiḥa, “a wailing woman”)
  • نَاحَ (nāḥa, “to wail”)
  • نَاوَحَ (nāwaḥa, “to be faced to (seemingly while wailing together)”)
  • نَنَاوَحَ (nanāwaḥa, “to warble; to howl”)
  • نَوَّاحَة (nawwāḥa), نَوَّاح (nawwāḥ, “wailer, mourner”)
  • نُوَاح (nuwāḥ, “a wailing; wailings”)

See also

  • مَأْتَم (maʔtam, “staying, biding; assembly for rejoicing or mourning”)
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