dhikr

dhikr

English

Alternative forms

• zikr

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر‎ (ḏikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðikɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ikɹ

Noun

dhikr (plural dhikrs)

1. (Islam) An Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 62:

     When all had eaten and prayed the first night prayer, they began to recite their dhikr, then they began the musical recital.

   • 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi:

     We prayed together and we practised dhikr, the recitation of the ninety-nine revealed names of God.

Translations

(Islam) an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: ذِكْر‎ (ar) m (ḏikr) Azerbaijani: zikr Bashkir: зекер (zeker) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Chechen: зикр (zikr) Hindi: ज़िक्र m (zikra), जिक्र (hi) m (jikra) Kazakh: зікір (zıkır) Kumyk: зикир (zikir) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: zikr (ku) Kyrgyz: зикир (ky) (zikir) Malay: zikir (ms) Pashto: ذکر‎ (ps) m (zikr) Persian: ذکر‎ (fa) (zekr) Russian: зикр (ru) m (zikr) Swahili: dhikiri Tajik: зикр (zikr) Tatar: зекер (zeker) Turkish: zikir (tr) Turkmen: please add this translation if you can Urdu: ذکر‎ (zikr) Uyghur: زىكىر‎ (zikir) Uzbek: zikr (uz)