غاية

See also: غایه

Arabic

Root
غ و ي (ḡ-w-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaː.ja/
  • (file)

Noun

غَايَة • (ḡāya) f (plural غَايَات (ḡāyāt))

  1. end
  2. purpose, goal, aim, objective
    • Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965)
      أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ
      ʔaḡāyatu ad-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum / yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā l-ʔumamu
      Is it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!
  3. destination

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qayə, qayət
  • Northern Kurdish: xaye
  • Ottoman Turkish: غایه (gaye), غایت (gayet)
    > Turkish: gaye, gayet (inherited)
  • Uyghur: غايە (ghaye), غايەت (ghayet)
  • Uzbek: gʻoya, gʻoyat
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