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مَعِيشَة

maʿīshatan

(is) a life

জীবন যাপন

Root letters: ع ي شAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#2,010 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ع ي ش

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)مَعِيشَةًۭ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • مَعِيشَةًۭ(is) a lifemaʿīshatan · 1 times
  • مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ(in) its means of livelihoodmaʿīshatahā · 1 times
  • مَّعِيشَتَهُمْtheir livelihoodmaʿīshatahum · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ع ي ش — know one root, recognise many words.

  • عِيشَةa lifeজীবনের
  • مَعايِشlivelihoodজীবিকার
  • مَعاش(for) livelihoodজীবিকা অর্জনের সময়

Examples from the Qur'an

And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."

Surah 20:124 — Read full ayah

And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

Surah 28:58 — Read full ayah

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

Surah 43:32 — Read full ayah