تفسير

See also: تفسیر

Arabic

Root
ف س ر (f-s-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَسَّرَ (fassara) from the root ف س ر (f-s-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taf.siːr/

Noun

تَفْسِير • (tafsīr) m (plural تَفَاسِير (tafāsīr) or تَفْسِيرَات (tafsīrāt))

  1. verbal noun of فَسَّرَ (fassara) (form II)
    1. interpretation
    2. explanation, commentary
    3. exegesis
    4. (Islam) tafsir (interpretation of the Quran)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: təfsir
  • Dhivehi: ތަފްސީރު (tafsīru)
  • Hausa: tafsiri
  • Japanese: タフスィール
  • Kazakh: тәпсір (täpsır)
  • Malay: tafsir
  • Persian: تفسیر
  • Ottoman Turkish: تفسیر
    • Turkish: tefsir
    • Crimean Tatar: tefsir
  • Swahili: tafsiri
  • Uyghur: تەفسىر (tefsir)
  • Uyghur: tafsir

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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