English Explanatory Dictionary

husayniyya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram.

Word forms

husayniyya husayniyyas husayniyyat

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُسَيْنِيَّة f (ḥusayniyya), from حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

Synonyms

takya imambara
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