tafsir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtæfsɪər/, /ˈtɑːfsɪər/

Noun

tafsir (countable and uncountable, plural tafsirs or tafsir or tafasir)

  1. (Islam) Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tafsir, from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtafsɪr/
  • Rhymes: -sɪr, -ɪr, -r
  • Hyphenation: taf‧sir

Noun

tafsir (plural tafsir-tafsir, first-person possessive tafsirku, second-person possessive tafsirmu, third-person possessive tafsirnya)

  1. commentary,
  2. interpretation,
    Synonym: interpretasi
  3. exegesis,
  4. explanation
    Synonyms: keterangan, penjelasan
  5. (Islam) tafsir: Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an.

Derived terms
  • tafsir harfiah
  • tafsir mimpi

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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