zikir

• dzikir (proscribed)
• dikir (proscribed, possibly nonstandard)

From Malay dikir, zikir, from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzikir/ [ˈzi.kɪr]
• Rhymes: -ikir
• Syllabification: zi‧kir

zikir

1. dhikr, zikr (an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually)
2. the act of doing or saying dhikr/zikir

• “zikir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• zikr

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ذكر (zikr, zikir), from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).

• Hyphenation: zi‧kir

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zikir (definite accusative zikri, plural zikirler)

1. (Sufism) dhikr, a prayer whereby a phrase or expression is repeated continually
2. synonym of anma (“remembrance”)

• “zikir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zikir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zikir1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5483
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zikir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük