English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, an optional fasting day for Sunni Muslim and a commemoration day of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD for Shia Muslim.

Word forms

Ashura ‘Ashura

Etymology

From Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day”).

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