hafiz
English
editEtymology
editPersian, from Arabic حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ), present participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to guard, know by heart”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithafiz (plural hafizes or huffaz)
- A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an.
- 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Canongate, published 2003, →ISBN, pages 61–62:
- He was a hafiz, one who knows the Qur’an by heart, and he sang it in a slow, simple chant.