غِنَى self-sufficiency in Arabic
غِنَى is how you say “self-sufficiency” in Arabic.
Root غ ن ي gh-n-y. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). ghinā.
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Meaning of self-sufficiency in Arabic
- freedom from want, sufficiency given as the direct opposite of فقر (poverty)
- wealth, richness
- contentment, being satisfied with something so as to need nothing else, as in being content with the Qur'an
Example sentence
ويتودد إِلَيْهِ بأنواع إحسانه مع غناه عنه
And who shows affection to him with different types of His kindness while being self-sufficient from him.
غِنَاهُ being self-sufficient
ghina means 'wealth, self-sufficiency'; the ending '-hu' adds 'His' — 'His self-sufficiency'.
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How it is used
غِنَى is the standard opposite of فَقْر (poverty): it covers both material wealth and the broader sense of needing nothing further, as in the hadith about being "content" with the Qur'an. The same root also has a separate cluster of words for singing or chanting (e.g. تَغَنَّى, أُغْنِيَّةٌ), listed in the lexicon alongside this sense but distinct from it.
Words from the same root
- غَنِيٌّ rich, wealthy, free from want
- غَنِيَ to be free from want, become rich
- أَغْنَى to enrich, make free from want
- اِسْتَغْنَى to become self-sufficient, need nothing
- غُنْيَةٌ sufficiency, enough of something
More example sentences
وغناك قبل فقرك،
And your wealth before your poverty.
وَغِنَاكَ and your wealth
The joined 'and' plus a noun 'wealth' with an attached 'your' fused on, coordinated as another thing to seize: and your wealth. The possessor rides on the suffix; it continues the command's chain.
قال الأمن مع الفقر خير من الغنى مع الخوف
He said, 'Security with poverty is better than wealth with fear.'
الغِنَى the wealth
This is the noun after 'than', in the genitive because of it and made definite by 'al-', naming wealth as the second, less-favoured condition.
وَهُوَ الْفَقْرُ اللَّازِمُ فَيَرُدُّكَ عَنْ غِنَى الْكِفَايَةِ
And it is persistent poverty that turns you away from the wealth of sufficiency.
غِنَى the wealth
The noun 'wealth/sufficiency', head of a possessive pairing with 'sufficiency' that follows, giving 'the wealth of sufficiency'. As the head it stays bare of 'the' and, governed by the preceding 'from', takes the 'of' (genitive) ending; its final long vowel keeps its case-shape fixed.
Common questions
- How do you say "self-sufficiency" in Arabic?
- غِنَى (ghinā) — freedom from want, the classical opposite of فقر (poverty).
- What else can غِنَى mean besides "self-sufficiency"?
- It can also mean wealth/richness, or contentment — being satisfied with something so as to need nothing else.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).