English Explanatory Dictionary

Deobandi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.

Word forms

Deobandi more Deobandi most Deobandi

Etymology

From Hindustani دیوبندی / देवबन्दी (devbandī); which means "of Deoband, Deobandi," from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.

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