# ذكر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

Cognate with Hebrew זָכַר (zachár, “to remember”) and Ugaritic 𐎏𐎋𐎗 (ḏkr, “to remember”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ða.ka.ra/

#### Verb

ذَكَرَ • (ḏakara) I (non-past يَذْكُرُ (yaḏkuru), verbal noun ذِكْر (ḏikr) or تَذْكَار (taḏkār))
* to mention
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 47:20:فَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا الْقِتَالُ رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَرَضٌ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ الْمَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to remember, to recall
* to bear in mind
* to think
* to speak, to talk
* to state, to designate, to indicate
* to refer
* to report, to tell, to relate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ðak.ka.ra/

#### Verb

ذَكَّرَ • (ḏakkara) II (non-past يُذَكِّرُ (yuḏakkiru), verbal noun تَذْكِير (taḏkīr) or تَذْكِرَة (taḏkira))
* to remind, to point out

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3

Cognate with Hebrew זֵכֶר (zécher, “remembrance”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ðikr/

#### Noun

ذِكْر • (ḏikr) m (plural أَذْكَار (ʔaḏkār))
* verbal noun of ذَكَرَ (ḏakara) (form I)
* recollection, remembrance
* reputation, renown
* mentioning, quoting, quote, citing, citation
* stating, indicating, naming
* report, account, narration
* (Islam) dhikr, zikr

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: zikr
* → Bengali: জিকির (jikir)
* → Chagatai: ذکر
** Uyghur: زىكىر (zikir)
** Uzbek: zikr
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: ज़िक्र (zikr)
** Urdu: ذِکْر (zikr)
* → Kazakh: зікір (zıkır)
* → Malay: dikir/zikir
* → Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zikr, vulg. zikir)
** Turkish: zikir
* → Pashto: ذکر
* → Persian: ذکر (zekr)
* → Punjabi: ذِکْر (ẕikr)
* → Russian: зикр (zikr)
* → Sindhi: ذكر
* → Turkmen: zikir

### Etymology 2.1

From Proto-Semitic *ðikar- (“man; male; phallus”). Cognate with Hebrew זָכָר (zachár, “male”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ða.kar/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

ذَكَر • (ḏakar) m (plural ذُكُور (ḏukūr) or ذُكْرَان (ḏukrān) or ذُكُورَة (ḏukūra) or ذِكَار (ḏikār) or ذِكَارَة (ḏikāra) or ذِكَرَة (ḏikara))
* male
    Antonym: أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā, “female”)

##### Related terms

* مُذَكَّر (muḏakkar)

##### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: دكر (dakar)

#### Noun

ذَكَر • (ḏakar) m (plural ذُكُور (ḏukūr))
* penis
    Synonym: قَضِيب (qaḍīb)

##### Descendants

* → Chagatai: ذکر
** Uyghur: زەكەر (zeker)
** Uzbek: zakar
* → Malay: zakar
** Indonesian: zakar
* → Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker)
** Turkish: zeker
* → Persian: ذکر (zakar)
* → Swahili: dhakari
* → Urdu: ذکر (zakar)

### Etymology 2.2
#### Verb

ذَكَّرَ • (ḏakkara) II (non-past يُذَكِّرُ (yuḏakkiru), verbal noun تَذْكِير (taḏkīr))
* (grammar) to make masculine
* (botany, agriculture) to pollinate artificially

##### Related terms

* تَذْكَار (taḏkār), تِذْكَار (tiḏkār)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: dakkar

### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar, “male”).

#### Adjective

ذكر • (zeker)
* male, masculine, pertaining to the male gender or sex
* manly, virile, strong, vigorous, courageous, bold

#### Noun

ذكر • (zeker)
* male, of humans and beasts
    Synonyms: اركك (erkek), نر (ner)
* penis, the male reproductive organ
    Synonyms: چاو (çav), سیك (sik), كیر (kir)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zeker

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zeker”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5449
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذكر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 605
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1013
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zeker”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذكر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 947

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ذِكْر (ḏikr, “recollection, remembrance”).

#### Noun

ذكر • (zikr, vulg. zikir)
* remembrance, recollection, memory
* mention, citation, quote
* reputation, renown, notoriety, fame

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zikir

#### Further reading

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذكر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 604
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذكر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 947

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَكَرَ (ḏakara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /za.kar/, [ˈza.kar]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

ذكر • (zakar) I (present بذكر (bozkor))
* to mention
* to quote

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَكَّرَ (ḏakkara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zak.kar/, [ˈzak.kar]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

ذكّر • (zakkar) II (present بذكّر (bizakker))
* (transitive) to remind

##### See also

* تذكّر (tzakkar, “to remember”)

### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

#### Alternative forms

* دكر (dakar)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /za.kar/, [ˈza.kar]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Noun

ذكر • (zakar) m (plural ذكور (zukūr))
* male
    Antonym: أنتى (ʔanta)