متعة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ت ع (m-t-ʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mut.ʕa/

Noun

مُتْعَة (mutʿa) f (plural مُتَع (mutaʿ))

  1. enjoyment, delight, pleasure
  2. ellipsis of نِكَاح الْمُتْعَة (nikāḥ al-mutʿa, wedlease)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Denffer, Dietrich von (1978), “Mutʿa – Ehe oder Prostitution? Beitrag zur Untersuchung einer Institution des šiʿītischen Islam”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 128, pages 299–325
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