Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zahiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: za-hiri
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths

noun

A Muslim who adheres to this madhab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ظَاهِرِيّ, ظ ه ر

Inflected Forms

Zahiris (plural)

Questions

What does zahiri mean?: A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths
Where does zahiri come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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