# مذهب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Verbal noun and noun of place from the verb ذَهَبَ (ḏahaba, “to go”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mað.hab/

#### Noun

مَذْهَب • (maḏhab) m (plural مَذَاهِب (maḏāhib))
* verbal noun of ذَهَبَ (ḏahaba) (form I)
* going, leaving, departure
* sect, denomination, doctrine, school of jurisprudence or thought
    اَلْمَذْهَب الشَّافِعِيّal-maḏhab aš-šāfiʕiyythe Shafi'i school of jurisprudence
    اَلْمَذْهَب السُّنِّيّ ― al-maḏhab as-sunniyy ― the Sunni sect
* way out, escape
* procedure, policy, manner
* doctrine, teaching, belief, ideology, opinion, view
* faith
* religion, creed
* course, school
* way, movement, orientation

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: məzhəb
* → Classical Persian: مَذْهَب (mazhab)
** → Chagatai: مذهب
*** Uyghur: مەزھەپ (mez'hep)
*** Uzbek: mazhab
** → Hindustani:
*** Hindi: मज़हब (mazhab)
*** Urdu: مَذْہَب (mazhab)
** → Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: مَذْہَب (maẕhab)
* → English: madhhab
* → Kazakh: мазһаб (mazhab)
* → Ottoman Turkish: مذهب (mezheb)
** Turkish: mezhep
* → Pashto: مذهب (mazhab)
* → Turkmen: mezhep
* → Japanese: マズハブ (mazuhabu)

### Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the verb ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba, “to gild”), denominal verb from ذَهَب (ḏahab, “gold”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ðah.hib/

#### Adjective

مُذَهِّب • (muḏahhib) (feminine مُذَهِّبَة (muḏahhiba), masculine plural مُذَهِّبُونَ (muḏahhibūna), feminine plural مُذَهِّبَات (muḏahhibāt))
* active participle of ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: مذهب (müzehhib)
** Turkish: müzehhip

### Etymology 3

Derived from the passive participle of the verb ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba, “to gild”), denominal verb from ذَهَب (ḏahab, “gold”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ðah.hab/

#### Adjective

مُذَهَّب • (muḏahhab) (feminine مُذَهَّبَة (muḏahhaba), masculine plural مُذَهَّبُونَ (muḏahhabūna), feminine plural مُذَهَّبَات (muḏahhabāt))
* gilded

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: مذهب (müzehheb)
** Turkish: müzehhep

### Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَذْهَبَ (ʔaḏhaba, “to gild”), denominal verb from ذَهَب (ḏahab, “gold”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muð.hib/

#### Adjective

مُذْهِب • (muḏhib) (feminine مُذْهِبَة (muḏhiba), masculine plural مُذْهِبُونَ (muḏhibūna), feminine plural مُذْهِبَات (muḏhibāt))
* active participle of أَذْهَبَ (ʔaḏhaba)

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Derived from the passive participle of the verb أَذْهَبَ (ʔaḏhaba, “to gild”), denominal verb from ذَهَب (ḏahab, “gold”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muð.hab/

#### Adjective

مُذْهَب • (muḏhab) (feminine مُذْهَبَة (muḏhaba), masculine plural مُذْهَبُونَ (muḏhabūna), feminine plural مُذْهَبَات (muḏhabāt))
* gilded

##### Declension
### Etymology 6

Denominal verb from مَذْهَب (maḏhab, “sect”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mað.ha.ba/

#### Verb

مَذْهَبَ • (maḏhaba) Iq (non-past يُمَذْهِبُ (yumaḏhibu), verbal noun مَذْهَبَة (maḏhaba))
* to cause to split into sects

##### Conjugation
## Pashto
### Etymology

From Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈzab/
* IPA: /mazˈhab/

### Noun

مذهب • (mazhab) m
* religion

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [maðˈhaβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäzhǽb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäzhǽb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mä.zǽb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mä.zǽb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæzhǽb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäzhǽb]

### Noun

مذهب • (mazhab) (plural مذاهب (mazâheb) or مذهب‌ها (mazhab-hâ))
* religion
    Synonyms: دین (din), کیش (kiš)
    مذهب شما چیه؟ ― mazhab-e šomâ či-ye? ― What's your religion?
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 299”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:چه دوزخی، چه بهشتی، چه آدمی، چه پری به مذهب همه کفر طریقت است امساکči dōžax⁠ī, či bihištī, či ādamī, či parī ba mazhab-i hama kufr-i tarīqat ast imsākWhether among the people of Hell or of Heaven, whether among mankind or the fairies, In everyone's religion, stinginess is infidelity to God's path.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* sect, branch, creed (of a religion); school of jurisprudence or theology
    مذهب اشعری ― mazhab-e aš'ari ― Ash'arite creed
    مذهب تشیع یکی از مذاهب اسلامی در نیجریه است.mazhab-e tašayyo' yeki az mazâheb-e eslâmi dar neyjeriye ast.The Shi'ite branch is one of the branches of Islam in Nigeria.
* (figurative) creed; manner, practice, way
** c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 193”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎:عاقلان از بلا بپرهیزند مذهب عاشقان دگر باشدāqilān az balā bepurhēzand mazhab-i āšiqān digar bāšadRational people will flee from pain, But the lovers' creed is otherwise.(Classical Persian transliteration.)

#### Derived terms

* مذهبی (mazhabi)