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hudud

hudud noun: the statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.

Noun

hudud pl (normally plural, singular hadd)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.

Forms of hudud

singularhadd
alternative formhadood
alternative formhadud
alternative formhudood

Origin of hudud

From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).

Questions about hudud

What does hudud mean?
Hudud means the statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.
What part of speech is hudud?
Hudud is a noun.

Words near hudud in the dictionary

  1. Hudsonland
  2. Hudsons
  3. Hudspeth
  4. Hudspeth County
  5. Hudspeths
  6. hudud
  7. hudwit
  8. hudwits
  9. Hudy
  10. Hudys
  11. hue

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