ذهني

See also: دھنی and ذہنی

Arabic

Root
ذ ه ن (ḏ-h-n)

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

Declension of adjective ذِهْنِيّ (ḏihniyy)

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

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