jahiliyyah
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The supposed condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief, that, according to Islamic tradition, was prevalent in Arabia before the coming of Islam.
name
Alternative spelling of Jahiliyyah.
Example Sentences
- "Some valuable chapters are occupied with the drawing of parallels between the Arabian Jāhiliyyah, or pre-Islamic period, and Greek heroic antiquity; some others with the history of Arabic poetry, and an endeavour to define the characteristics of the different periods and their chief representatives."
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic جَهِلَ (jahila) Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Proto-Afroasiatic *-t Proto-Semitic *-at- Arabic ـَة (-a) Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya) Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya)bor. English Jahiliyyah Borrowed from Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).
Inflected Forms
al-Jahiliyah (alternative)
jahalia (alternative)
jahhiliya (alternative)
jahiliya (alternative)
Jahiliyya (alternative)