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أُخْت

ukh'tun

a sister

একবোন (বৈপিত্রেয়)

Root letters: أ خ وAppears 14 times in the Qur'an#639 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 64

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: أ خ و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أُخْتٌۭ8 times
  • Dual (muthannā)ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أُخْتٌۭa sisterukh'tun · 2 times
  • أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ(of) their sistersakhawātihinna · 2 times
  • وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْand your sisterswa-akhawātukum · 1 times
  • ٱلْأُخْتِ(of) sistersl-ukh'ti · 1 times
  • وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمand your sisterswa-akhawātukum · 1 times
  • ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِtwo sistersl-ukh'tayni · 1 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 she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

Surah 28:11 — Read full ayah

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

Surah 19:28 — Read full ayah

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

Surah 43:48 — Read full ayah