ظاهر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ظ ه ر (ẓ h r)
17 terms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ðˤaː.hi.ru/

Verb

ظَاهَرَ (ẓāhara) III (non-past يُظَاهِرُ (yuẓāhiru), verbal noun ظِهَار (ẓihār) or مُظَاهَرَة (muẓāhara))

  1. to help, to assist, to aid, to support
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of ظَهَرَ (ẓahara).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ðˤaː.hir/

Adjective

ظَاهِر (ẓāhir)

  1. apparent, visible
  2. evident, obvious
Antonyms
Descendants

Noun

ظَاهِر (ẓāhirm (plural ظَوَاهِر (ẓawāhir))

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. what is apparent (as opposed to what is unseen, invisible)
  4. exterior
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 57:13:
      بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ
      bāṭinuhu fīhi r-raḥmatu waẓāhiruhu min qibalihi l-ʕaḏābu
      On the near side will be grace and on the far side will be torment.

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir, apparent, visible).

Adjective

ظاهر (zahir)

  1. obvious, clear, evident, apparent, manifest, visible
    Synonyms: آچق (açık), آشكار (aşikâr), بللی (belli), منجلی (münceli)
  2. external, exterior, relating to the outside parts or surface of something

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zāhir
Dari reading? zāhir
Iranian reading? zâher
Tajik reading? zohir

Adjective

ظاهر (zâher)

  1. exterior, external, outer
    Synonyms: ببرونی (biruni), خارجی (xâreji)
    Antonyms: درونی (daruni), داخلی (dâxeli)
  2. apparent, clear, manifest
    Synonyms: هویدا (hoveydâ), واضح (vâzeh), معلوم (ma'lum), آشکار (âškâr), روشن (rowšan)
    Antonyms: مخفی (maxfi), پنهان (penhân)
  3. superficial, exoteric
    Antonym: باطن (bâten)

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

ظاهر (zâher) (plural ظواهر (zavâher))

  1. appearance, outward look
    Synonym: صورت (surat)
    Antonym: باطن (bâten)

Further reading