dhikiri

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dhikiri

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Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr).

noun dhikiri

  1. class ix dhikr

verb -dhikiri · kudhikiri · kutodhikiri · dhikiri · dhikirini

  1. to praise God; to recite a dhikr

In English

  • dhikr (Sufism) an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated

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"dhikiri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/dhikiri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dhikiri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dhikiri

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"dhikiri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dhikiri.

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@misc{dhikiri_2026,
  title = {dhikiri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dhikiri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-dhikiri.flac.