Etymology

Qadiriyya

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Today it means: A member of a particular fundamentalist Sufi order. Full definition →

Arabic الْقَادِرِيَّة ← Classical Persian قادریه
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromقادریه
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromالْقَادِرِيَّة
  3. English todayQadiriyya

From Arabic الْقَادِرِيَّة (al-qādiriyya) and/or Classical Persian قادریه (qādiriyya), named after Abdul Qadir Gilani.

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