Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zihar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zi-har
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of divorce among pre-Islamic Arabs, condemned in the Quran, in which a man says to his wife "you are like my mother".

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic ظِهَار (ẓihār).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ظِهَار, ظ ه ر

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zihar mean?: A form of divorce among pre-Islamic Arabs, condemned in the Quran, in which a man says to his wife "you are like my mother".
Where does zihar come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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