English Explanatory Dictionary

takiyya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent.
noun
  1. Uncommon form of taqiyya.

Word forms

takiyya takiyyas takiyah takīyah tekyeh tekke

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكِيَّة (takiyya), from Ottoman Turkish تَكیه (tekye), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya). Doublet of takya, tekke, and takyeh.

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