Etymology

Barelvi

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Today it means: Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam. Full definition →

Urdu بریلوی
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  1. Urdu · derived fromبریلوی
  2. English todayBarelvi

From Urdu بریلوی (barelvī); which means "of Bareilly" from Bareilly, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India; the location in which the movement began.

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