Etymology

ta'ziyeh

Today it means: A 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. Full definition →

Iranian Persian تَعْزِیِه ← Classical Persian تَعْزِیَه ← Arabic تَعْزِيَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromتَعْزِيَة“condolence”
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromتَعْزِیَه
  3. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromتَعْزِیِه
  4. English todayta'ziyeh

Borrowed from Iranian Persian تَعْزِیِه (ta'ziye), from Classical Persian تَعْزِیَه (ta'ziya), from Arabic تَعْزِيَة (taʕziya, “condolence”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicتَعْزِيَة all →

tazia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.