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نِساء

nisāi

women

মহিলারা

Root letters: ن س وAppears 59 times in the Qur'an#195 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 20

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: ن س و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Plural (jamʿ)نِسَآءِ59 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلنِّسَآءَ[the] womenl-nisāa · 9 times
  • ٱلنِّسَآءِ[to] the womenl-nisāi · 9 times
  • نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚyour womennisāakum · 3 times
  • ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚthe womenl-nisāi · 3 times
  • نِّسَآئِهِمْtheir wivesnisāihim · 2 times
  • وَلِلنِّسَآءِand for the womenwalilnnisāi · 2 times

Examples from the Qur'an

Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Surah 7:81 — Read full ayah

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

Surah 27:55 — Read full ayah

And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

Surah 3:42 — Read full ayah