taqlid

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic تَقْلِيد (taqlīd, imitation).

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Noun[edit]

taqlid (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) Conformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
    • 2000, Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God, Harper, published 2004, page 128:
      Muslims must not imagine that their sole duty was taqlid, the emulation of a jurist.

Uzbek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic تَقْلِيد (taqlīd, imitation).

Noun[edit]

taqlid (plural taqlidlar)

  1. copy, imitation

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