nickaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

nicka (countable and uncountable, plural nickas)

1. (Islam, dated) Alternative spelling of nikah, Islamic marriage, especially forms of customary marriage.
   • 1860 February 4, Edmund F. Moore & al., English Reports, Vol. XIX: Privy Council, Vol. VIII: Indian Appeals, Vol. 7, Mahomed Bauker Hoossain Khan Bahadoor vs. Shurfoon Nissa Begum, p. 482:

     The Respondent also left a state of facts with the Master, which stated that... Oomdut Ool Oomrah had one shadee wife, Doolary Begum, and four nicka wives, namely Coolsoom Begum, Chattoore Begum, Mahtaub Begum, and Hyath Begum, and no others.

   • 2016, Tauseef Fatima, "Question of Marriage and Legitimacy in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Colonial India", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 77, p. 516:

     Instances are also found where different kinds of marriages were performed between the parties, and on the basis of these forms of marriages, status of legitimacy was claimed, such as nicka marriage (an inferior kind of marriage among Muslims where only declaration and acceptance was required to make it a valid marriage)...