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hafiz

1

[ hah-fiz ]

noun

  1. a title of respect for a Muslim who knows the Quran by heart.


Hafiz

2

[ hah-fiz ]

noun

  1. Shams ud-din Mohammed, 1320–89?, Persian poet.

Hafiz

1

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. HafizShams al-Din Muhammad?13261390MPersianWRITING: poet Shams al-Din Muhammad (ˌshæmz ælˌdɪn məʊˈhæmɪd). ?1326–90, Persian lyric poet, best known for his many short poems about love and wine, often treated as religious symbols
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hafiz

2

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a title for a person who knows the Koran by heart
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hafiz1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Persian, from Arabic ḥāfẓ literally, “a guard, one who keeps (in memory),” from ḥāfẓa “to guard, memorize”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hafiz1

from Persian, from Arabic ھ, from hafiza to guard
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Example Sentences

Amjid Hafiz owns Latte Caffe on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield, which has served as a newsagents and sweet shop since it was first built as a toilet.

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The thing I love about kind internal self-talk is that as you start to bring a little kindness into the equation, you then start to become like one of my favorite Persian poets, Hafiz.

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Residents spoke of their horror after the incident, with Hafiz Khalid saying he heard a "big bang" and his daughter's scream as she looked out the window.

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Hafiz Mohamad, from leading human rights group Justice Africa Sudan, has told the BBC that many more people are still missing but that it was "difficult to count all the dead" because "RSF elements are still around the area looting".

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Haley "spent Memorial Day not commemorating fallen American service members, but visiting Israel as it conducts a brutal massacre in Gaza," The New Republic's Hafiz Rashid reported, calling her autographed message "sick."

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