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Etymology · Arabic

تَعْزِيَة

2 English words descend from Arabic تَعْزِيَة, most common first.

taziaA representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.
ta'ziyehA dramatic art form of Iran performed by Shi'ites and reenacting the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala, usually performed in the month of Muharram.