نية

Arabic

Root
ن و ي (n w y)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nij.ja/
• Rhymes: -ijja

Noun

نِيَّة • (niyya) f (plural نِيَّات (niyyāt) or نَوايَا (nawāyā))

1. verbal noun of نَوَى (nawā, “to think, to intend”) (form I)
2. intention, purpose, resolution

   إنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى ― But deeds are in intentions, and every man will have what he intends.

3. will, tendency, inclination, wish, object of investigation
4. (obsolete) distance

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِيَّة niyya	النِّيَّة an-niyya	نِيَّة niyyat
Nominative	نِيَّةٌ niyyatun	النِّيَّةُ an-niyyatu	نِيَّةُ niyyatu
Accusative	نِيَّةً niyyatan	النِّيَّةَ an-niyyata	نِيَّةَ niyyata
Genitive	نِيَّةٍ niyyatin	النِّيَّةِ an-niyyati	نِيَّةِ niyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِيَّتَيْن niyyatayn	النِّيَّتَيْن an-niyyatayn	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
Nominative	نِيَّتَانِ niyyatāni	النِّيَّتَانِ an-niyyatāni	نِيَّتَا niyyatā
Accusative	نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni	النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
Genitive	نِيَّتَيْنِ niyyatayni	النِّيَّتَيْنِ an-niyyatayni	نِيَّتَيْ niyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِيَّات niyyāt	النِّيَّات an-niyyāt	نِيَّات niyyāt
Nominative	نِيَّاتٌ niyyātun	النِّيَّاتُ an-niyyātu	نِيَّاتُ niyyātu
Accusative	نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin	النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti	نِيَّاتِ niyyāti
Genitive	نِيَّاتٍ niyyātin	النِّيَّاتِ an-niyyāti	نِيَّاتِ niyyāti

Declension of noun نِيَّة (niyya)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: ниәт (niət)
• → Malay: niat
  • Indonesian: niat
• → Persian: نیت (niyyat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نیت (niyyet)
  • Turkish: niyet
  • → Crimean Tatar: niyet
• → Swahili: nia
• → Turkmen: niýet
• → Uyghur: نىيەت (niyet)
• → Uzbek: niyat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1157