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hanafize

hanafize verb: to convert to Hanafism.

Verb

hanafize (third-person singular simple present hanafizes, present participle hanafizing, simple past and past participle hanafized)

  1. (rare) To convert to Hanafism
    • Ottoman officials in the Hamidian and Young Turk eras attempted to "hanafize" ...2004, Leif Stenberg, Globalization and the Muslim World, page 20
    • The attempt to “hanafize” the Mongol is also attested by Shabānkarāʾī ...2014, Denise Aigle, The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality, page 36

Forms of hanafize

third-person singular presenthanafizes
present participlehanafizing
past participlehanafized
pasthanafized

Origin of hanafize

From Hanafi + -ize.

Questions about hanafize

What does hanafize mean?
Hanafize means to convert to Hanafism.
What part of speech is hanafize?
Hanafize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hanafize?
The past tense of hanafize is hanafized.

Words near hanafize in the dictionary

  1. Hanafist
  2. Hanafists
  3. Hanafite
  4. Hanafites
  5. Hanafization
  6. hanafize
  7. hanafized
  8. hanafizes
  9. hanafizing
  10. hanafuda
  11. hanahaki

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