zihar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of divorce among pre-Islamic Arabs, coming into effect when a man told his wife three times "you are like my mother".

Word forms

zihar

Etymology

From Arabic ظِهَار (ẓihār).

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