tafsir
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tafsir (countable and uncountable, plural tafsirs or tafsir or tafasir)
- (Islam) Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an.
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Translations
interpretation of the Qur'an
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tafsir, from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).[1]
- 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, first-person possessive tafsirku, second-person possessive tafsirmu, third-person possessive tafsirnya)
- commentary,
- interpretation,
- Synonym: interpretasi
- exegesis,
- explanation
- Synonyms: keterangan, penjelasan
- (Islam) tafsir: Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an.
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References
Further reading
- “tafsir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.