یزیدیت

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Etymology

From یزید (yazīd) +‎ ـیت (-iyat). Named after یزید بن معاویہ (Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya), the killer of Imam Hussain at Karbala.

Pronunciation

Noun

یَزِیدِیَت • (yazīdiyat) f (Hindi spelling यज़ीदियत) (uncountable)

  1. fascism, tyranny, oppression
    • 2009, سید کفایت نقوی [sed kfāet nqvī, Sayyid Kifāyyat Naqvī], استغاثہ [isatġās̱a, Complaint], Lahore: وجدان پبلی کیشنز [Vajdān Publications], page 63:
      فکر یزیدیت کے لیے سدِّ راہ ہے
      اس کے ہی دم سے اشھد اَن لا الہ ہے
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Shia Islam, loosely) the Death of Imam Hussain (or generally the Battle of Karbala)
  3. (literally, religion) Yazidism
Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: yazidiat, yazidiyat

Further reading

  • “یزیدیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یزیدیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “يزيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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