"takbir" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: takbirs [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic تَكْبِير (takbīr). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ar|تَكْبِير}} Arabic تَكْبِير (takbīr), {{root|en|ar|ك ب ر}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} takbir (plural takbirs)
  1. (Islam) A proclamation of the greatness of God, Allahu akbar. Wikipedia link: takbir Translations (takbir): tekbir [masculine] (Albanian), teqbir [masculine] (Albanian), تَكْبِير (takbīr) [masculine] (Arabic), թաքբիր (tʻakʻbir) (Armenian), təkbir (Azerbaijani), тәкбир (təkbir) (Bashkir), তকবীর (tokbir) (Bengali), 大讚辭 /大赞辞 (dàzàncí) (Chinese Mandarin), تَکْبِیر (takbīr) (Dari), takbîr [masculine] (French), ტაკბირი (ṭaḳbiri) (Georgian), Takbīr [neuter] (German), τακμπίρ (takmpír) (Greek), תַּכְּבִּיר (takbír) [masculine] (Hebrew), तकबीर (takbīr) [feminine] (Hindi), takbir (Indonesian), تَکْبیر (takbir) (Iranian Persian), タクビール (takubīru) (Japanese), тәкбір (täkbır) (Kazakh), 타크비르 (takeubireu) (Korean), такбир (takbir) (Kyrgyz), takbir (Malay), takiɓiru (Ngazidja Comorian), tekbîr (Northern Kurdish), تکبير (takbir) [masculine] (Pashto), takbir [masculine] (Polish), такби́р (takbír) [masculine] (Russian), текбир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tekbir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), takbiri [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), takbira (Swahili), такбир (takbir) (Tajik), тәкбир (täkbir) (Tatar), tekbir (Turkish), takbir (Turkmen), تَکْبِیر (takbīr) [feminine] (Urdu), تەكبىر (tekbir) (Uyghur), takbir (Uzbek)

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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "täkbır",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "тәкбір"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "takeubireu",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "타크비르"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "tekbîr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "takbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "такбир"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "takbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "takiɓiru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "takbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تکبير"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "takbīr",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "تَکْبِیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "takbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "تَکْبیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "takbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "takbír",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "такби́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "текбир"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tekbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "takbiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "takbira"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "takbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "такбир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "täkbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "тәкбир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "tekbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "takbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "takbīr",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَکْبِیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tekbir",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "تەكبىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "takbir",
      "word": "takbir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "takbir"
}

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