mantiqiy

Mantiqiy is an adjective used in several languages influenced by Arabic and Persian to mean logical or rational. It is formed from the root manṭiq, which means logic or reasoning, with a suffix that creates an adjective. The term appears in languages such as Persian, Urdu, Tajik, Uzbek, and others to describe things related to logic, reasoning, or systematic thought.

In scholarly and philosophical contexts, mantiq (the noun form) refers to the discipline of logic. Islamic and medieval philosophy frequently used the expression ilm al-mantiq, the science of logic, to describe the study of reasoning and argumentation as it was developed and refined by scholars in the Islamic world and earlier Aristotelian traditions. The adjective mantiqiy thus connects descriptions or analyses to this field of logic.

Today, mantiqiy is common in educational, linguistic, and philosophical usage to indicate a logical approach, method, or characterization. It is used to distinguish rational, evidence-based arguments or procedures from those based on emotion, superstition, or superstition. The term underscores the broad cultural and historical importance of logic across languages that borrow from Arabic and Persian traditions.

See also: Logic; Ilm al-mantiq; Philosophy of logic.