tafsir
/ˈtæfsɪr/
tafsir noun: a grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
Noun
tafsir (countable and uncountable, plural tafsirs or tafsir or tafasir)
- A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
tafsir meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
tafsir in Hindi
- interpretation of the Qur'an
- तफ़सीर tafsīr, तफसीर taphsīr, तफ्सीर taphsīr
tafsir in Urdu
- interpretation of the Qur'an
- تفسیر tafsīr
tafsir in Bengali
- interpretation of the Qur'an
- তফসীর tôfsīr
tafsir in Punjabi
- tafsir
- تفسیر tafsīr
More languagesFewer languages
- tafsir in Pashto
- تفسير tafsír
- tafsir in Arabic
- تَفْسِير tafsīr
- tafsir in Malay
- tafsir
- tafsir in Indonesian
- tafsir
- tafsir in Persian
- تفسیر tafsir
Forms of tafsir
| plural | tafsirs |
|---|---|
| plural | tafsir |
| plural | tafasir |
Origin of tafsir
Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).
Questions about tafsir
- What does tafsir mean?
- Tafsir means a grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
- What is tafsir in Hindi?
- Tafsir in Hindi is तफ़सीर (tafsīr), तफसीर (taphsīr), तफ्सीर (taphsīr). See Tafsir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tafsir?
- Tafsir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tafsir?
- Tafsir is pronounced /ˈtæfsɪr/.
- What is the plural of tafsir?
- The plural of tafsir is tafsirs.
Words near tafsir in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tafsir (page history and authors); تفسیر (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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