asasyn
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editasasyn m pers
- (historical) assassin (a member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period)
Declension
editDeclension of asasyn
Further reading
edit- asasyn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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