dhikr

• zikr

Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

• IPA^(key): /ðikɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ikɹ

dhikr (plural dhikrs)

1. (Islam) An Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually.
   • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 62:

     When all had eaten and prayed the first night prayer, they began to recite their dhikr, then they began the musical recital.

   • 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi:

     We prayed together and we practised dhikr, the recitation of the ninety-nine revealed names of God.

• dhikir, zikr

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdikiɾ/ [ˈd̪iː.xɪɾ], /ˈdikəɾ/ [ˈd̪iː.xəɹ]
• Rhymes: -ikiɾ, -ikəɾ

dhikr (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. dhikr (an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually)