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fiqh

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /fiːk/
  • /fɪk/
  • US: /fik/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːk

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noun

Meaning 1

Jurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِقْه (fiqh, “intelligence, knowledge”).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِقْه (fiqh) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Azerbaijani: fiqh — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Bengali: ফিকাহ (phikaho) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Bengali: ফেকাহ (phekaho) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Gujarati: ફિક્હ (phikha) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Hausa: fiƙihu — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Hindi: फ़िक़्ह (fiqha) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Indonesian: fikih — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Japanese: フィクフ (fikufu) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Kazakh: фақиһ (faqih) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Malay: fiqah — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Malay: fikih — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Pashto: فقه (féqa) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Persian: فقه (feqh) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Russian: фикх (fikx) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Serbo-Croatian: фикх — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Serbo-Croatian: fikh — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Tajik: фиқҳ (fiqh) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Tatar: фикһ (fikh) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Turkish: fıkıh — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Urdu: فقہ (fiqa) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Uyghur: فىقھ (fiqh) — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • Uzbek: fiqh — Jurisprudence in the Islamic law