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najis

/nɑˈd͡ʒɪs/adjective

najis is spelled N-A-J-I-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, najis means “Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in najis?

Letters5: N-A-J-I-S
In writingabout once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is najis?

Najis appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce najis?

  • /nɑˈd͡ʒɪs/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of najis

  • naajis

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does najis mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does najis come from?

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِس (najis).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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