ইজতেমা

Bengali

The Bishwa Ijtema is attended by devotees from 150 countries and is the second largest Islamic gathering in the world with 5 million adherents.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id͡ʒ.t̪ema/, [ˈid͡ʒ.t̪emaˑ], [ˈidz.t̪emaˑ], [ˈiz.t̪emaˑ]
• (regressive assimilation) IPA^(key): /itʃt̪ema/, [ˈitʃt̪emaˑ], [ˈitst̪emaˑ], [ˈist̪emaˑ]

Noun

ইজতেমা • (ijtema) (Islam)

1. assemblage; convention
2. the Bishwa Ijtema (an annual Islamic gathering in Bangladesh)