zahiri

See also: Zahiri and zâhirî

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɑːhiˈri]
• Hyphenation: za‧hi‧ri

Adjective

zahiri (comparative daha zahiri, superlative ən zahiri)

1. external, exterior (pertaining to the appearance rather than to the inside)

   Synonym: xarici

   Antonym: daxili

   zahiri görünüş ― physical appearance

2. seeming, putative, ostensible (being such in appearance but in fact not real)

Related terms

• təzahür (“manifestation”)

Further reading

• “zahiri” in Obastan.com.

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /záː.hì.ríː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [záː.hɪ̀.ríː]

Noun

zāhìr̃ī m (possessed form zāhìr̃in)

1. clearness, obviousness

Turkish

Alternative forms

• zâhirî

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ظاهری, from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).

Adjective

zahiri

1. exoteric

Antonyms

• batıni