ذکر

See also: ذكر

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪkər/

Noun

ذکر • (zikr) m (plural ذکرونه (zikruna))

1. (religious, Islam) remembrance
2. (religious, Islam) praise; commemoration

Declension

declension of ذکر

	singular		plural
direct	ذکر (zikr)		ذکرونه (zikruna)
oblique	ذکر (zikr)		ذکرونو (zikruno)
vocative	ذکره (zikra)		ذکرونو (zikruno)

Derived terms

• ذکر کول (zikr kawël)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ða.ˈkaɾ], [za.ˈkaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.kʰǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.kʰǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.kʰǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.kʰǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.kʰʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.kʰǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏakar, zakar
Dari reading?	zakar
Iranian reading?	zakar
Tajik reading?	zakar

Noun

Dari	ذکر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	закар

ذکر • (zakar) (plural ذکور (zokur) or ذکرها (zakar-hâ))

1. (dated, anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: کیر (kir), آلت (âlat), دول (dul), نری (nari), چل (čol), قضیب (qazib)

2. (in the plural) males; men

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðikɾ], [zikɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪkɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪkɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪkɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zikɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zekʲɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zikɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏikr, zikr
Dari reading?	zikr
Iranian reading?	zekr
Tajik reading?	zikr

Noun

Dari	ذکر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зикр

ذکر • (zekr)

1. mention
2. mantra

Derived terms

• ذکر کردن (zekr kardan)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذکر (zakar), from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.kəɾ/

Noun

ذَکَر • (zakar) m (Hindi spelling ज़कर)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: قضیب (qazīb), کیر (ker)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذکر (zikr), from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɪkɾ/

Noun

ذِکْر • (zikr) m (Hindi spelling ज़िक्र)

1. mention

Derived terms

• ذکر کرنا (zikr karnā)

Yidgha

Noun

ذکر (ziker)

1. zikr