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أَخ

ikh'wānan

brothers

ভাই

Root letters: أ خ وAppears 75 times in the Qur'an#148 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 15

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: أ خ و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَخٌ52 times
  • Dual (muthannā)أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)إِخْوَٰنًۭا22 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَخِيهِhis brotherakhīhi · 8 times
  • أَخَاهُمْ(We sent) their brotherakhāhum · 8 times
  • وَأَخِيهِand his brotherwa-akhīhi · 4 times
  • إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّtheir brothersikh'wānihinna · 4 times
  • أَخُوهُمْtheir brotherakhūhum · 4 times
  • لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْabout their brothersli-ikh'wānihim · 3 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root أ خ و — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot

Surah 50:13 — Read full ayah

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

Surah 80:34 — Read full ayah

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Surah 7:111 — Read full ayah