مذہب

See also: مذهب

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مذهب (mazhab), from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məz.ɦəb/
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

مَذْہَب • (mazhab) m (formal plural مَذاہِب (mazāhib), Hindi spelling मज़हब)

1. (chiefly) religion

   Synonyms: دین (dīn), دَھرْم (dharm)

   • Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     مذہب نہیں سکھاتا آپس میں بیر رکھنا
     ہندی ہیں ہم وطن ہے ہندوستاں ہمارا

     mazhab nahī̃ sikhātā, āpas mẽ bair rakhnā
     hindī ha͠i ham, vatan ha͠i, hindostā̃ hamārā

     Religion does not preach animosity among ourselves.
     We are Hindi and our homeland is Hindustan.

2. creed, sectarian belief
3. (Islam) madhhab, school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
4. (by extension) any school of thought

Declension

Declension of مذہب
	singular	plural
direct	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہب (mazhab)
oblique	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہبوں (mazhabõ)
vocative	مذہب (mazhab)	مذہبو (mazhabo)

Derived terms

• مذہبی (maẕhabī)

Related terms

• فرقہ (firqah)

References

• “مذہب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مذہب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.