مذہب

See also: مذهب

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مذهب (mazhab), taken from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məz.ɦəb/
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

مَذْہَب • (maẕhab) m (formal plural مذاہب, Hindi spelling मज़हब)

1. (chiefly) religion

   Synonym: دین (dīn)

2. creed, sectarian belief

Declension of مذہب
	singular	plural
direct	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہب (mazhab)
oblique	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہبوں (mazhabō̃)
vocative	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہبو (mazhabō)

Derived terms

• مذہبی (maẕhabī)

Related terms

• فرقہ (firqah)

References

• “مذہب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مذہب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.