Etymology

jahilliya

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Today it means: A pre-Islamic period of ignorance and darkness. Full definition →

Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromجَاهِلِيَّة“ignorance”
  2. English todayjahilliya

From Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicجَاهِلِيَّة all →

jahiliyyah

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