English Explanatory Dictionary

Barelvi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.
noun
  1. A follower of Barelvism.

Word forms

Barelvi more Barelvi most Barelvi Barelvis

Etymology

From Urdu بریلوی (barelvī); which means "of Bareilly" from Bareilly, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India; the location in which the movement began.

Synonyms

Barelvist Barelvite
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary