zahir

See also: Zahir

English

Etymology

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Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara)

Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir)bor.

English zahir

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).

Noun

zahir (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an

See also

• batin

Anagrams

• zihar

Indonesian

Etymology

Attested before 1948.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzahir/ [ˈza.hɪr]
• Rhymes: -ahir
• Syllabification: za‧hir

Verb

zahir

1. obsolete form of lahir

Noun

zahir (plural zahir-zahir)

1. obsolete form of lahir

Further reading

• “zahir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظاهر (zahir), from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːˈhiɾ/
• Hyphenation: za‧hir

Adjective

zahir(dated)

1. apparent, evident

   Synonyms: açık, belli, aşikâr

2. external

Further reading

• “zahir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zahir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zahir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük