zaouia

See also: zaouïa

English

Noun

zaouia (plural zaouias)

1. Alternative spelling of zawiya

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.u.ja/

Noun

zaouia f (plural zaouias)

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

Further reading

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