nikah
noun
nikah is spelled N-I-K-A-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nikah means “A Muslim wedding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nikah is nikahs.
How many letters and syllables are in nikah?
| Letters | 5: N-I-K-A-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 nikah?
Nikah appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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).
Forms of nikah
- nikahs plural
- nikaah
- nicka
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nikah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Muslim wedding.
- 2
An Islamic marriage contract, especially (inexact) short for nikah 'urfi, any of various Islamic customary marriage procedures providing limited legal rights.
The Respondent also left a state of facts with the Master, which stated that... Oomdut Ool Oomrah had one shadee wife, Doolary Begum, and four nicka wives, namely Coolsoom Begum, Chattoore Begum, Mahtaub Begum, and Hyath Begum, and no other
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nikah come from?
From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ, “marriage, acceptance of dowry”), from the root ن ك ح (nkḥ, "combine, merge").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).