English Explanatory Dictionary

yazidiat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. tyranny, oppression

Word forms

yazidiat yazidiyat

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu یزیدیت (yazīdiyat), Named after Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate who is considered the killer of Imam al-Husayn at Karbala'.

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