نياحة

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

• IPA^(key): /ni.jaː.ħa/

نِياحة • (niyāḥa) f

1. lamentation, wailing, loud beweeping of a deceased
2. (Egypt, Coptic Christianity, euphemistic) death

   Synonyms: وَفاة‎ (wafāh), مَوْت‎ (mawt)

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

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