zaouia

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See also: zaouïa

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

zaouia (plural zaouias)

Alternative spelling of zawiya

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “corner, prayer room”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /za.u.ja/

Noun[edit]

zaouia f (plural zaouias)

(Islam) Alternative form of zaouïa (“zawiya”)

Further reading[edit]

“zaouia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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