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- Arabic · derived fromقَرْمَطِيّ“one who writes in small letters”
- English todayQarmatian
From Arabic قَرْمَطِيّ (qarmaṭiyy, “one who writes in small letters”) + -ian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qarmatian
Today it means: A member of a religious group combining elements of the Ismaili Shi'i branch of Islam with Persian mysticism, founded by Hamdan Qarmat and centered in eastern Arabia, where they attempted to establish a utopian republic in 899 CE. Full definition →
Arabic قَرْمَطِيّ