At a Glance
- Meaning
- Apparent, evident, manifest
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- zah-HEER
Zahir is an Arabic boy's name meaning “apparent, evident, manifest”. It appears in our list of 125+ *Cute* Boy Names Ending in R.
Meaning & Origin of Zahir
Meaning: Apparent, evident, manifest.
Origin: Arabic.
A common claim: Zahir means 'shining, radiant' Actually: This conflates Zahir's root (ظهر, 'to appear/be manifest') with the unrelated root behind Zahra ('to bloom/shine'); Zahir's core sense is 'apparent/manifest', not 'radiant'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Zahir
zah-HEERIPA /zɑːˈhɪr/
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