ذهنية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of ذِهْنِيّ (ḏihniyy, “mental”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

ذِهْنِيَّة • (ḏihniyya) f

1. mentality

Declension

Declension of noun ذِهْنِيَّة (ḏihniyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِهْنِيَّة ḏihniyya	الذِّهْنِيَّة aḏ-ḏihniyya	ذِهْنِيَّة ḏihniyyat
Nominative	ذِهْنِيَّةٌ ḏihniyyatun	الذِّهْنِيَّةُ aḏ-ḏihniyyatu	ذِهْنِيَّةُ ḏihniyyatu
Accusative	ذِهْنِيَّةً ḏihniyyatan	الذِّهْنِيَّةَ aḏ-ḏihniyyata	ذِهْنِيَّةَ ḏihniyyata
Genitive	ذِهْنِيَّةٍ ḏihniyyatin	الذِّهْنِيَّةِ aḏ-ḏihniyyati	ذِهْنِيَّةِ ḏihniyyati

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ذهنیت (zihniyet)
  • Turkish: zihniyet

References

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

ذِهْنِيَّة • (ḏihniyya) f

1. feminine singular of ذِهْنِيّ (ḏihniyy)