Etymology

Kharijite

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Today it means: A member of a reactionary Islamic sect, Kharijism, in the 7th and 8th centuries. Full definition →

Arabic خَارِجِي
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromخَارِجِي“one who split off, one who departed”
  2. English todayKharijite

From Arabic خَارِجِي (ḵārijī, “one who split off, one who departed”), from the root خ ر ج (ḵ r j).

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