English

Alternative forms

• nikaah

Noun

nikah

1. The Islamic marriage ceremony
   • 2015 July 29, “The Skype ceremony – the young Tajiks getting married online”, in The Guardian:

     There are no official statistics on how many Tajiks have married via Skype, but we spoke to five couples who said they performed the Islamic wedding ceremony nikah through the video chat service, which they say is becoming even more common in more the country’s rural areas.