Ruhaniyat
/ruːˌhɑːniˈjɑːt/noun
Spirituality or the quality of being concerned with the soul and the unseen.
Did you know?Its core Arabic root, rūḥ, can mean breath, wind, or spirit, linking physical respiration with the animating essence of life in Islamic and wider Semitic thought.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*rūḥ-
“Breath, wind, or spirit”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
rūḥ
“Spirit, soul, breath, or divine life-force”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
rūḥānī
“Spiritual or pertaining to the spirit”
Medieval Persian
Persian
rūḥāniyyat
“Spirituality or the condition of being spiritual”
Medieval Urdu
Urdu
روحانیت (rūḥāniyat)
“Spirituality, mysticism, or inward religious awareness”
Modern English
English
ruhaniyat
“Spirituality, especially in South Asian Islamic or mystical contexts”