Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA Muslim wedding. · An Islamic marriage contract, especially (inexact) short for nikah 'urfi, any of various Islamic customary marriage procedures providing limited legal rights.
From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ, “marriage, acceptance of dowry”), from the root ن ك ح (nkḥ, "combine, merge").
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