#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

dhikr

[ dik-er ]

/ ˈdɪk ər /

noun, plural dhikrs, dhikr. Islam.

a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.

each set of passages from the Koran so chanted, with its accompanying ritual.

Nearby words

dhaulagiri, dhb, dhea, dheas, dhegiha, dhikr, dhobi, dhobi itch, dhodhekánisos, dhole, dholl

Also zikr.

Origin of dhikr

< Arabic: recitation

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019