Etymology

taqiyya

ta·qiy·ya
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Today it means: Religious dissimulation while under threat or persecution. Full definition →

Arabic تَقِيَّة
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromتَقِيَّة
  2. English todaytaqiyya

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic تَقِيَّة (taqiyya).

Words from the same roots

Arabicتَقِيَّة all →

takiyya

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.