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zikr

/zikɹ/

zikr is the alternative form of dhikr.

Meaning of dhikr

Noun

dhikr (plural dhikrs or adhkar)

  1. A Sufi Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually.
    • When all had eaten and prayed the first night prayer, they began to recite their dhikr, then they began the musical recital.1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 62

Forms of zikr

pluralzikrs

Origin of zikr

From Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

Words that rhyme with zikr

Questions about zikr

What is zikr the alternative form of?
Zikr is the alternative form of dhikr.
How do you pronounce zikr?
Zikr is pronounced /zikɹ/.

Words near zikr in the dictionary

  1. Zikawei
  2. Zike
  3. Zikes
  4. zikkurat
  5. zikkurats
  6. zikr
  7. Zikri
  8. Zikris
  9. zikrs
  10. zikurat
  11. zikurats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zikr (page history and authors); dhikr (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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