Quranic root
ندو
n · d · w
The root's central orientation is vocal emergence: a raised, perceptible voice becomes a call or summons, with related extensions to gathering and generosity.
The supplied lexical discussion connects calling with moisture or dew: a moist mouth produces a clear, resonant voice. Calling then gives rise to terms for assemblies, where people gather, and figuratively to bounty or generosity.
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَنَادَىٰ
tanādāā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To call out to one another.
The reciprocal construction presents calling as mutual or exchanged among the participants.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 68:21word 1
“And they called one another”
نَادَىٰ
nādāā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form III
- Form
- III
- Quran occurrences
- 44 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To call out by raising the voice and making it heard.
This can involve a cry or vocal address; passive forms mean to be called or addressed.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 19:24word 1
“So cried to her”
To call, address, or summon someone with an intelligible utterance; to call or invite to something.
The construction includes meaningful address, calling to prayer, and calling toward faith. Quranic wording may also describe a summons across a distance or a call directed to God.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 5:58word 2
“you make a call”
Quran 41:44word 27
“are being called”
مُنَادٍ
munādin
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who calls, summons, or announces; a caller or herald.
In the Quranic call to faith, the caller is interpreted broadly as the intellect, revealed Scripture, the sent messenger, and signs that make faith manifest and urge people toward it.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:193word 4
“a caller”
Quran 50:41word 4
“the caller”
نَادِي
nādī
- Part of speech
- Noun · assembly
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A gathering place, assembly, or the company gathered there.
The noun can designate the meeting place itself or the associates constituting the gathering.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 29:29word 8
“your meetings”
Quran 96:17word 2
“his associates”
نَدِيّ
nadiyy
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
An assembly or gathering.
A noun for a gathered company or meeting, within the lexical branch that also names a meeting place.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 19:73word 16
“(in) assembly”
نِدَاء
nidāʾ
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A raised, audible cry or sound.
This may refer to sound considered apart from the intelligible meaning conveyed by a composed utterance.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:171word 12
“and cries”
A call, address, or summons conveying an understood meaning.
This includes a call directed to God and the established call to prayer; in Quranic rhetoric, calling language can highlight distance from guidance or truth.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 19:3word 4
“a call”
تَنَادٍ
tanādin
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Mutual calling or calling one another.
The verbal noun denotes an exchange of calls among participants rather than a one-sided summons.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 40:32word 6
“(of) Calling”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:171وَنِدَآءًۭ ۚand cries
- 3:39فَنَادَتْهُThen called him
- 3:193مُنَادِيًۭاa caller
- 3:193يُنَادِىcalling
- 5:58نَادَيْتُمْyou make a call
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
نَدًى
Moisture, dew, or wetness.
The lexical discussion also associates the name with trees by their relation to moisture.
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نَدِيّ
Of a voice: clear, resonant, and high.
This adjectival use is distinct from the Quranic noun نَدِيّ meaning an assembly.
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نَدًى
Generosity, bounty, or open-handedness.
It may describe bounty received from someone, as in the expression meaning that one received no generosity from him.
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تَنَدَّى
To act generously or lavishly toward one's companions.
A derived construction describing the exercise of generosity toward associates.
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مُنْدِيَاتُ الكَلِم
Shameful or exposing words that bring disgrace and become known.
A fixed lexical expression for words whose revelation is humiliating.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Lane primary evidence or Maqayis entry matched this root in the supplied packet; broader coverage is therefore limited to the supplied Mufradat discussion.
The QAC morphology for نَادِي is tagged as an active participle, but its lexical evidence and Quranic contexts support the noun meaning “assembly” or “associates,” so it is presented as a noun.
The distance-from-guidance interpretation associated with some Quranic calls is retained as a usage nuance under calling and summons, not as an independent basic lexical meaning.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
No Lane primary source units or Maqayis entries were supplied, so any additional Classical branches or an independently documented root principle beyond the supplied Mufradat evidence cannot be assessed.