zikir

Indonesian

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zikir

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Alternative forms

• dikir, dzikir (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay dikir, zikir, from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzikir/ [ˈzi.kɪr]
• Rhymes: -ikir
• Syllabification: zi‧kir

Noun

zikir

1. dhikr, zikr (an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually)
2. the act of doing or saying dhikr/zikir

Derived terms

• berzikir
• pezikir
• zikiran
• zikiri
• zikirkan

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

• “zikir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ذكر (zikir), from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: zi‧kir

• Audio:

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Noun

zikir (definite accusative zikir, uncountable)

1. to say, to mention

Derived terms

• zikretmek

See also

• kastetmek
• kasıt

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zikir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “zikir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu