zihar
zihar 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".
Noun
zihar (uncountable)
- 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".
Origin of zihar
From Arabic ظِهَار (ẓihār).
Questions about zihar
- What does zihar mean?
- Zihar means 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".
- What part of speech is zihar?
- Zihar is a noun.
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