استنجاء

Arabic

Root
ن ج و (n j w)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tin.d͡ʒaːʔ/

Noun

اِسْتِنْجَاء • (istinjāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَنْجَى (istanjā) (form X)
2. (Islam) istinja

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِنْجَاء (istinjāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِنْجَاء istinjāʔ	الِاسْتِنْجَاء al-istinjāʔ	اِسْتِنْجَاء istinjāʔ
Nominative	اِسْتِنْجَاءٌ istinjāʔun	الِاسْتِنْجَاءُ al-istinjāʔu	اِسْتِنْجَاءُ istinjāʔu
Accusative	اِسْتِنْجَاءً istinjāʔan	الِاسْتِنْجَاءَ al-istinjāʔa	اِسْتِنْجَاءَ istinjāʔa
Genitive	اِسْتِنْجَاءٍ istinjāʔin	الِاسْتِنْجَاءِ al-istinjāʔi	اِسْتِنْجَاءِ istinjāʔi

Further reading

• استنجاء on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

Persian

Alternative forms

• استنجا (estenjâ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِنْجَاء (istinjāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tin.ˈd͡ʒɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰin.d͡ʒɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰen.d͡ʒɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰin.d͡ʒɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	istinjā'
Dari reading?	istinjā'
Iranian reading?	estenjâ'
Tajik reading?	istinjoʾ

Noun

استنجاء • (estenjâ')

1. abstinence
2. exception
3. isolation

Derived terms

• استنجاء کردن (estenjâ' kardan)

 

Further Reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استنجاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “استنجاء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استنجاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim