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lingayatism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lin-gay-atism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sect of Shaivism whose worship is centered on Shiva's lingam.

Etymology

From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata, “Lingayat”) + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does lingayatism mean?
A sect of Shaivism whose worship is centered on Shiva's lingam.
Where does lingayatism come from?
From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata, “Lingayat”) + -ism.

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