A study of the semantic domains of "voice-name verbs" in Nahj-ul-Balagha

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Secretary of Education, PhD student in the field of Nahjul-Balagha Sciences and Education at Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran.

2 Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Nouns are words derived from environmental sounds that, by creating sound associations, add to the richness of the speech and create sensory and tangible images in the mind of the audience. Nahj al-Balagha, as the most important written Shiite heritage after the Holy Quran, is full of literary and rhetorical nuances such as noun verbs. This diversity in usage both adds to the rhetorical and aesthetic richness of the Imam's speech and provides a platform for a deeper understanding of his concepts.This research, using a descriptive-analytical method and based on a modern semantic approach, examines the semantic domains of phonetic verbs in Nahj al-Balagha in order to identify the origin of their production in the Imam's speech. The findings show that Imam Ali (AS) used forty-eight nominal verbs (such as "scream","hello", "happen", "qalqal","jaljal", etc.), They depict a wide range of human, animal, and bird sounds, the sounds of objects colliding, and natural phenomena, most of which originate from vocal organs such as the larynx, pharynx, and mouth, or from nature.

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Journal of Sociolinguistics
Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 33
February 2026
Pages 31-44

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