hizb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. each of the roughly equilongitudinal 60 parts in which the Quran has been traditionally divided to ease its reading and memorization

Word forms

hizb hizbs ahzab

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic حِزْب (ḥizb, “group, band, faction”)

Related words

juz juzʼ siparah Hezbollah
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