yazidiat

English

Alternative forms

yazidiyat

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu یزیدیت (yazīdiyat), Named after Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate who is considered the killer of Imam al-Husayn at Karbala'.

Noun

yazidiat (uncountable)

(Pakistani politics) tyranny, oppression
- 2022 August 7, “PTI to reveal next plan of action on 13th”, in The Express Tribune‎^[1]:
  Soon after his tweet, Pakistan Peoples Party General Secretary Farhatullah Babar replied: “Religion is best kept out of politics.” Babar urged him to join hands against different manifestations of Yazidiat^[sic].