hafizn.
/ˈhɑːfɪz/, U.S. /ˈhɑfəz/ Islam.
A Muslim who knows the Qur'an by heart.
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 314 [The] Turbants..of their Priests, and particularly, of the Hafis, are white.
1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. x. 192 Who, to obtain the epithet of hafeez, had learnt his whole koran by heart unto the last stop.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. May 574/2 A hafiz chanted the Koran for the rest of her soul.
1965 Encycl. Islam (new ed.) III. 55/2 Ḥāfiẓ..no doubt in youth..earned the right to use the title ḥāfiẓ (Ḳur'ān-memorizer), which became his pen~name.
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