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hafiz

ha fiz |ˈhäfiz ˈhɑfəz | ▶noun a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart. ORIGIN Persian, from Arabic ḥāfiẓ ‘guardian, ’ from ḥāfiẓa ‘guard, know by heart. ’

 

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hafiz

hafiz |ˈhɑːfɪz | ▶noun a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart. ORIGIN Persian, from Arabic ḥāfiẓ ‘guardian ’, from ḥāfiẓa ‘guard, know by heart ’.