hizb

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic حِزْب (ḥizb, “group, band, faction”)

Noun

hizb (plural hizbs or ahzab)

1. each of the roughly equilongitudinal 60 parts in which the Quran has been traditionally divided to ease its reading and memorization

See also

• juz, juzʼ
• siparah

References

• جزء (قرآن)