fiqh

F4I1Q10H4
UK/fiːk//fɪk/US/fik/

noun

Jurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.

OriginArabic فِقْه →
UncommonScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfiqh (usually uncountable, plural fiqhs)

plural fiqhs · alternative fiq'h · alternative fiqah · alternative fiqha · alternative fiqih · alternative fikh · alternative feqh

  1. uncountableusuallyIslamJurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.

    Various fiqhs (schools of jurisprudence) of Islam have different punishment for blasphemy, […]

    2021, Ahmed Sayeed, Truth is Law, Faith is Flaw, page 180

Origin

  1. Arabicفِقْه
  2. Arabicفِقْه
  3. Englishfiqh

Borrowed from Arabic فِقْه (fiqh, “intelligence, knowledge”).

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic فِقْه
  • فِقْه (fiqh)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Bengali ফিকাহ, ফেকাহ
  • ফিকাহ (phikaho)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • ফেকাহ (phekaho)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Hindi फ़िक़्ह
  • फ़िक़्ह (fiqha)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Indonesian fikih
  • fikihJurisprudence in the Islamic law
Japanese フィクフ
  • フィクフ (fikufu)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Malay fiqah, fikih
  • fiqahJurisprudence in the Islamic law
  • fikihJurisprudence in the Islamic law
Persian فقه
  • فقه (feqh)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Russian фикх
  • фикх (fikx)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law
Turkish fıkıh
  • fıkıhJurisprudence in the Islamic law
Urdu فقہ
  • فقہ (fiqa)Jurisprudence in the Islamic law

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fiqh

weekuniquecreekspeakpeakgreekseektechniqueweakgeekboutiquecritiqueobliquechicstreaksleekcheekpeekteaktweakmalikbleakphysiqueSikh
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

fiqh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiqh

MLA

“fiqh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiqh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiqh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiqh.

Source: fiqh on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.