zikir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dikir, zikir, from Classical Malay ديکير‎ (dikir), ذيکير‎ (zikir), ديکير‎ (dhikir), ذيکير‎ (dzikir), from Arabic ذِكْر‎ (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzikɪr/
  • Rhymes: -kɪr, -ɪr, -r
  • Hyphenation: zi‧kir

Noun

zikir (plural zikir-zikir, first-person possessive zikirku, second-person possessive zikirmu, third-person possessive zikirnya)

  1. (Islam) dhikr, zikr: An Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually.

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • zikir amali
  • zikir baredah
  • zikir kalbu
  • zikir panjang

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: zi‧kir

Noun

zikir (definite accusative zikir, uncountable)

  1. to say, to mention

Derived terms

See also

References
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