husayniyya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُسَيْنِيَّة f (ḥusayniyya).

Noun

husayniyya (plural husayniyyas)

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

   Synonyms: (Iran) takya, (South Asia) imambara

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: حُسَيْنِيَّة f (ḥusayniyya)
• Azerbaijani: hüseyniyyə
• Persian: حسینیه (fa) (hoseyniye)
• Uzbek: husayniya