iddat

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A form of iddah — The period for which a woman must wait after the death of her spouse, or after a divorce, before she can remarry.

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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of iddah.

    During the iddat, she did not sit with her head covered in a room, praying for her departed husband and observing the mandatory period of mourning.

    2025, Banu Mushtaq, “The Shroud”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 170

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iddat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iddat.

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