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deobandi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
de-oban-di
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.

Etymology

From Hindustani دیوبندی / देवबन्दी (devbandī); which means "of Deoband, Deobandi," from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.

Inflected Forms

more Deobandi (comparative) most Deobandi (superlative)

Derived Forms

Deobandism Deobandist

Questions

What does deobandi mean?
Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.
Where does deobandi come from?
From Hindustani دیوبندی / देवबन्दी (devbandī); which means "of Deoband, Deobandi," from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.

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