zahir

See also: Zahir

English

Etymology

From Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).

Noun

zahir (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an

See also

• batin

Anagrams

• zihar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay zahir, from Arabic ظاهِر (ẓāhir). Doublet of lahir. Attested before 1948.

Verb

zahir (first-person possessive zahirku, second-person possessive zahirmu, third-person possessive zahirnya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of lahir.

Noun

zahir (first-person possessive zahirku, second-person possessive zahirmu, third-person possessive zahirnya)

1. (dated) appearance

Synonyms

• lahiriah