shura
See also: Shura
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Etymology edit
From Arabic شُورَى (šūrā, “consultation”)
Noun edit
shura (plural shuras)
- (Islam) A body that provides counsel to a leader
- 2007 January 5, Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Leader Promises More Afghan War”, in New York Times[1]:
- “The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”
- 2009 March 11, Carlotta Gall, “As U.S. Weighs Taliban Negotiations, Afghans Are Already Talking”, in New York Times[2]:
- […] Mullah Bradar […] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.
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shura m
- Lenited form of sura.
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shura f (plural shuras)