"takya" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|تَکْیَه}} Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya) Head templates: {{en-noun}} takya (plural takyas) Forms: takyas [plural], takyé/takyeh [alternative], tekye/tekyeh [alternative], tekke [alternative], takiyya [alternative], takyah [alternative], takia [alternative], takiya [alternative], takiyah [alternative], takieh [alternative], takié [alternative], takiye [alternative], takiyeh [alternative], tekieh [alternative], tekiye [alternative], tekiyeh [alternative]
  1. (history, Sufism)
    A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
    Categories (topical): History, Sufism, Places of worship, Shi'ism
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  2. (history, Sufism)
    The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia.
    Categories (topical): History, Sufism, Places of worship, Shi'ism
    Sense id: en-takya-en-noun-FhnOYOJP Disambiguation of Places of worship: 40 41 20 Disambiguation of Shi'ism: 38 41 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 37 24 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 36 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 37 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 37 35 27 Topics: Islam, Sufism, history, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, philosophy, religion, sciences
  3. (Shia Islam, Iran) Synonym of husayniyya Tags: Iran, Shia Categories (topical): Shi'ism, Places of worship, Shi'ism Synonyms: husayniyya [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (Translations): تَكِيَّة (takiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), təkyə (Azerbaijani), تَكیه (tekye) (Ottoman Turkish), تکیه (takye) (Persian), تکیهخانه (takye-xâne) (Persian), tèkija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), такя (takya) (Tajik), tekke (Turkish), تَکْیَہ (takya) [masculine] (Urdu), تەكيە (tekye) (Uyghur), takya (Uzbek), takyaxona (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-takya-en-noun-C0RjKaGz Disambiguation of Places of worship: 40 41 20 Disambiguation of Shi'ism: 38 41 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 37 24 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 36 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 37 35 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 36 38 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 38 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 37 35 27 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'Translations': 30 30 40

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "tekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 30 40",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "takya",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَکْیَہ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 30 40",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "tekye",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "تەكيە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 30 40",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "takya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 30 40",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "takyaxona"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "takya"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
    "Terms with Uzbek translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss",
    "en:Places of worship",
    "en:Shi'ism"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takyas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takyé/takyeh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekye/tekyeh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takiyya",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takyah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takia",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takiya",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takiyah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takieh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takié",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "takiye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "takiyeh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekieh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekiye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      "form": "tekiyeh",
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, M. Naeem Qureshi, Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics, page 16:",
          "text": "The presence of the Hindiler Tekkesi or the Indian takya in Istanbul since the time of Tipu's mission is another indication but it was not until the 1840s that the position of the Indian Muslims with regard to the Ottoman caliphate was fully crystallized.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, The Book Review, page 8:",
          "text": "The younger shaykh, Baba Musafir, turned to the task of establishing a takya or khanqah at Awrangabad",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia."
      ],
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          "Ottoman Empire",
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          "South Asia"
        ]
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        "(history, Sufism)",
        "A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia."
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        "Islam",
        "Sufism",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
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        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1994, A. D. Khan, Diplomatics of the Soyurghal Farman of the Great Mughals, page 6:",
          "text": "takyas (graveyards)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Ja'far Sharif, William Crooke, Islam in India:",
          "text": "Takya, a pillow, a resting-place of Faqīrs",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(history, Sufism)",
        "The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "Sufism",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
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        "sciences"
      ]
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Robert Gleave, Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, page 388:",
          "text": "The takya was often endowed with several stores, the profits from which would help to defray the cost of maintaining the takya.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of husayniyya"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shia Islam",
          "Shia Islam"
        ],
        [
          "husayniyya",
          "husayniyya#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Shia Islam, Iran) Synonym of husayniyya"
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
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          "word": "husayniyya"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "Shia"
      ],
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        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "takiyya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَكِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "təkyə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tekye",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تَكیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "takye",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تکیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "takye-xâne",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تکیهخانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tèkija"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "takya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "такя"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "takya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَکْیَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tekye",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تەكيە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "takya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "takyaxona"
    }
  ],
  "word": "takya"
}

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