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Kharijis

Kharijis is the plural of Khariji.

Meaning of Khariji

Noun

Khariji (plural Kharijis or Khawarij)

  1. (historical) A member of an early Islamic sect who initially supported Ali, but then seceded from his army.
    • His keynote speech was delivered on his arrival, incognito, in al-Kufah, which at the time was a focus of Khariji dissidence.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 247
  2. (derogatory) A member of an Islamist terrorist organization, such as the Islamic State or al-Qaeda.

Questions about Kharijis

What is Kharijis the plural of?
Kharijis is the plural of Khariji.

Words near Kharijis in the dictionary

  1. Kharias
  2. Kharibam
  3. Khariboli
  4. kharif
  5. Khariji
  6. Kharijis
  7. Kharijism
  8. Kharijite
  9. Kharijites
  10. kharita
  11. kharitas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kharijis (page history and authors); Khariji (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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