tafsir

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, interpretation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæfsɪər/, /ˈtɑːfsɪər/

Noun

tafsir (countable and uncountable, plural tafsirs or tafsir or tafasir)

  1. (Islam) A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.

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Etymology

From Malay tafsir, from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, interpretation).

  • Displaced Dutch uitleg (explanation) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

Noun

tafsir (plural tafsir-tafsir)

  1. commentary,
  2. interpretation,
    Synonym: interpretasi
  3. exegesis,
  4. explanation
    Synonyms: keterangan, penjelasan
  5. (Islam) tafsir: Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an

Conjugation

Conjugation of tafsir (meng-, transitive)
root tafsir
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative menafsir tertafsir ditafsir tafsirlah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 menafsirkan tertafsirkan ditafsirkan tafsirkan tafsirkanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

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References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr).

Noun

tafsir (plural tafsirlar)

  1. explanation, commentary
  2. (Islam) tafsir (interpretation of the Quran)