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Ikhwan

Ikhwan noun: a Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Noun

Ikhwan pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928.

Forms of Ikhwan

alternative formAkhwan

Origin of Ikhwan

From Arabic إِخْوَان (ʔiḵwān, “brothers”).

Questions about Ikhwan

What does Ikhwan mean?
Ikhwan means a Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
What part of speech is Ikhwan?
Ikhwan is a noun.

Words near Ikhwan in the dictionary

  1. ikezukuri
  2. ikhshid
  3. Ikhshidid
  4. Ikhshidids
  5. ikhshids
  6. Ikhwan
  7. Iki
  8. ikigai
  9. ikigai risk
  10. ikigai risks
  11. Ikin

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