zahiri
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɑːhiˈri]
- Hyphenation: za‧hi‧ri
Adjective
zahiri (comparative daha zahiri, superlative ən zahiri)
- external, exterior (pertaining to the appearance rather than to the inside)
- seeming, putative, ostensible (being such in appearance but in fact not real)
Related terms
- təzahür (“manifestation”)
Further reading
- “zahiri” in Obastan.com.
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).
Pronunciation
Noun
zāhìr̃ī m (possessed form zāhìr̃in)
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ظاهری (zâhirî), from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy). By surface analysis, zahir (“external”) + -i (nisba suffix).
Adjective
zahiri