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Ayyubid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to the Ayyubid dynasty, a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin founded by Saladin and centred in Egypt.

noun

A member of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Word forms

Ayyubid Ayyubids

Etymology

Calque of Arabic أَيُّوبِيّ (ʔayyūbiyy), using Ayyub (the name of Saladin's father) + -id.

Synonyms

Ayyubite

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