نهج

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ه ج‎ (n-h-j).

Verb

نَهَجَ • (nahaja) I, non-past يَنْهَجُ‎‎ (yanhaju)

  1. to follow

Conjugation

Noun

نَهْج • (nahj) m (plural نُهُوج‎ (nuhūj) or أَنْهُج‎ (ʔanhuj))

  1. taken path; way; mode; technique; method, sort; norm;
    ‏أَخَذ النَّهْج‎ ― ʔaḵaḏ an-nahj ― to take the approach
    ‏نَهْجُ الثَّوْبُ‎ ― nahju ṯ-ṯawbu ― way of dressing
    • 2017 October 25, “وزير الخزانة الأميركي يتوعد: سنتخذ إجراءات رادعة ضد مليشيات حزب اللات”, in The Baghdad Post‎:
      ‏وتأتي تلك الخطوات في سياق النهج الذي يتبعه الرئيس الأميركي، دونالد ترمب، منذ توليه الرئاسة تجاه إيران.‎‎
      And these steps come in the context of the approach towards Iran which the American president Donald Trump follows since his taking over the President’s office.

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ن ه ج‎
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَهِجَ‎ (nahija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nhaʒ/

Verb

نهج • (nhaj) (form I, non-past ينهج‎ (yinhaj), verbal noun نهجة‎ (nahja))

  1. to pant (for people)
    Synonym: (for animals) لهت‎ (lhat)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَهْج‎ (nahj).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /nahad͡ʒ/

Noun

نهج • (nahaj)

  1. manner
    Synonyms: طور‎, طریقه‎, روش‎
  2. way, road
    ‏نهج البلاغة‎ ― nahj-al-balâga ― the way to rhetoric (name of a famous book by Imam ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib)
    Synonyms: راه‎, روش‎, طریقه‎

References

  • Ibn Faris (c. 900 CE?) Maqayees al-Lughah‎
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