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Ghulat

Ghulat noun: followers of a set of heterodox sects of or descended from Shia Islam, considered by orthodox Muslim critics to be theologically "extremist", distinguished by their deification of Ali.

Noun

Ghulat pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Followers of a set of heterodox sects of or descended from Shia Islam, considered by orthodox Muslim critics to be theologically "extremist", distinguished by their deification of Ali.

Adjective

Ghulat (comparative more Ghulat, superlative most Ghulat)

  1. Of or pertaining to the sects of the Ghulat.

Forms of Ghulat

Noun
alternative formGhulāt
alternative formghulat
alternative formghulāt
Adjective
comparativemore Ghulat
superlativemost Ghulat

Questions about Ghulat

What does Ghulat mean?
Ghulat means followers of a set of heterodox sects of or descended from Shia Islam, considered by orthodox Muslim critics to be theologically "extremist", distinguished by their deification of Ali.
What part of speech is Ghulat?
Ghulat can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Ghulat in the dictionary

  1. ghuguni
  2. Ghukasyan
  3. Ghukasyans
  4. ghulam
  5. ghulams
  6. Ghulat
  7. Ghum
  8. Ghuman
  9. Ghumans
  10. ghumar
  11. ghumars

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