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ha·fiz (hä′fiz′)

noun

a Muslim who has memorized the Koran: a title of honor

Etymology: Ar ḥāfiz, a person who remembers

Hafiz definition

Ha·fiz (hä fiz′)

(born Shams-ud-Din Mohammed) 1325?-90?; Pers. lyric poet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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