English Explanatory Dictionary

hanif

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
name
  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of hanif.

Word forms

hanif hanifs hunafa Haniff

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَنِيف (ḥanīf); see Hanif.

Synonyms

proto-Muslim
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