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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanif

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
hanif
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.

name

A male given name from Arabic.

name

A surname from Arabic.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of hanif.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَنِيف (ḥanīf); see Hanif.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ح ن ف, حَنِيف

Inflected Forms

hanifs (plural) hunafa (plural) Haniff (alternative)

Synonyms

proto-Muslim

Questions

What does hanif mean?
Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
Where does hanif come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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