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ن ك ح (nūn kāf ḥā) arabic root word meaning.


There are 23 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root nūn kāf ḥā (ن ك ح) occurs 23 times in the Quran, in four derived forms:
    • 14 times as the form I verb nakaḥa (نَكَحَ)
    • three times as the form IV verb tunkiḥu (تُنكِحُ)
    • 1 times as the form X verb yastankiḥa (يَسْتَنكِحَ)
    • five times as the noun nikāḥ (نِكَاح)



to tie, make a knot, contract, to marry, marriage.

All words derived from nūn kāf ḥā root word


WordMeaningArabic
(2:221:2) tankiḥū
[you] marry
تَنْكِحُوا
(2:221:14) tunkiḥū
give in marriage (your women)
تُنْكِحُوا
(2:230:9) tankiḥa
she marries
تَنْكِحَ
(2:232:9) yankiḥ'na
(from) marrying
يَنْكِحْنَ
(2:235:30) l-nikāḥi
(of) marriage
النِّكَاحِ
(2:237:22) l-nikāḥi
(of) the marriage
النِّكَاحِ
(4:3:7) fa-inkiḥū
then marry
فَانْكِحُوا
(4:6:6) l-nikāḥa
(the age of) marriage
النِّكَاحَ
(4:22:2) tankiḥū
marry
تَنْكِحُوا
(4:22:4) nakaḥa
married
نَكَحَ
(4:25:7) yankiḥa
marry
يَنْكِحَ
(4:25:23) fa-inkiḥūhunna
So marry them
فَانْكِحُوهُنَّ
(4:127:24) tankiḥūhunna
marry them
تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ
(24:3:3) yankiḥu
marry
يَنْكِحُ
(24:3:10) yankiḥuhā
marry her
يَنْكِحُهَا
(24:32:1) wa-ankiḥū
And marry
وَأَنْكِحُوا
(24:33:5) nikāḥan
(means for) marriage
نِكَاحًا
(24:60:7) nikāḥan
(for) marriage
نِكَاحًا
(28:27:5) unkiḥaka
marry you to
أُنْكِحَكَ
(33:49:5) nakaḥtumu
you marry
نَكَحْتُمُ
(33:50:38) yastankiḥahā
marry her
يَسْتَنْكِحَهَا
(33:53:59) tankiḥū
you should marry
تَنْكِحُوا
(60:10:34) tankiḥūhunna
you marry them
تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ
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