Etymology

tahrir

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Today it means: a type of vocal ornamentation; especially the variant used in the Near and Middle East Full definition →

Persian تحریر ← Arabic تَحْرِير
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  1. Arabic · derived fromتَحْرِير“liberation; release”
  2. Persian · borrowed fromتحریر
  3. English todaytahrir

Borrowed from Persian تحریر (tahrir), from Arabic تَحْرِير (taḥrīr, “liberation; release”).

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