نية

Arabic

Root
ن و ي (n-w-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nij.ja/

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

Declension of noun نِيَّة (niyya)

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

Descendants

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1157