ذهني

See also: دھنی, and ذہنی

Arabic

Root
ذ ه ن (ḏ h n)
3 terms

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of ذِهْن (ḏihn, “mind, intellect”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðih.nijj/

Adjective

ذِهْنِيّ • (ḏihniyy) (feminine ذِهْنِيَّة (ḏihniyya), masculine plural ذِهْنِيُّونَ (ḏihniyyūna), feminine plural ذِهْنِيَّات (ḏihniyyāt))

1. mental
2. intellectual

Declension

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ذِهْنِي ḏihnī	الذِّهْنِي aḏ-ḏihnī	ذِهْنِيَّة ḏihniyya	الذِّهْنِيَّة aḏ-ḏihniyya
Nominative	ذِهْنِيٌّ ḏihniyyun	الذِّهْنِيُّ aḏ-ḏihniyyu	ذِهْنِيَّةٌ ḏihniyyatun	الذِّهْنِيَّةُ aḏ-ḏihniyyatu
Accusative	ذِهْنِيًّا ḏihniyyan	الذِّهْنِيَّ aḏ-ḏihniyya	ذِهْنِيَّةً ḏihniyyatan	الذِّهْنِيَّةَ aḏ-ḏihniyyata
Genitive	ذِهْنِيٍّ ḏihniyyin	الذِّهْنِيِّ aḏ-ḏihniyyi	ذِهْنِيَّةٍ ḏihniyyatin	الذِّهْنِيَّةِ aḏ-ḏihniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ذِهْنِيَّيْن ḏihniyyayn	الذِّهْنِيَّيْن aḏ-ḏihniyyayn	ذِهْنِيَّتَيْن ḏihniyyatayn	الذِّهْنِيَّتَيْن aḏ-ḏihniyyatayn
Nominative	ذِهْنِيَّانِ ḏihniyyāni	الذِّهْنِيَّانِ aḏ-ḏihniyyāni	ذِهْنِيَّتَانِ ḏihniyyatāni	الذِّهْنِيَّتَانِ aḏ-ḏihniyyatāni
Accusative	ذِهْنِيَّيْنِ ḏihniyyayni	الذِّهْنِيَّيْنِ aḏ-ḏihniyyayni	ذِهْنِيَّتَيْنِ ḏihniyyatayni	الذِّهْنِيَّتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏihniyyatayni
Genitive	ذِهْنِيَّيْنِ ḏihniyyayni	الذِّهْنِيَّيْنِ aḏ-ḏihniyyayni	ذِهْنِيَّتَيْنِ ḏihniyyatayni	الذِّهْنِيَّتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏihniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ذِهْنِيِّين ḏihniyyīn	الذِّهْنِيِّين aḏ-ḏihniyyīn	ذِهْنِيَّات ḏihniyyāt	الذِّهْنِيَّات aḏ-ḏihniyyāt
Nominative	ذِهْنِيُّونَ ḏihniyyūna	الذِّهْنِيُّونَ aḏ-ḏihniyyūna	ذِهْنِيَّاتٌ ḏihniyyātun	الذِّهْنِيَّاتُ aḏ-ḏihniyyātu
Accusative	ذِهْنِيِّينَ ḏihniyyīna	الذِّهْنِيِّينَ aḏ-ḏihniyyīna	ذِهْنِيَّاتٍ ḏihniyyātin	الذِّهْنِيَّاتِ aḏ-ḏihniyyāti
Genitive	ذِهْنِيِّينَ ḏihniyyīna	الذِّهْنِيِّينَ aḏ-ḏihniyyīna	ذِهْنِيَّاتٍ ḏihniyyātin	الذِّهْنِيَّاتِ aḏ-ḏihniyyāti

Declension of adjective ذِهْنِيّ (ḏihniyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zehni
• → Persian: ذهنی (zihnī)
  • → Urdu: ذہنی
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذهنی (zihnî)
  • → Turkish: zihnî
• → Uzbek: zehniy

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذهن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN