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muttawa

muttawa is the alternative form of mutawa.

Meaning of mutawa

Noun

mutawa (plural mutaween)

  1. A member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia.
    • Meanwhile, another trial is already under way in the city of Tabuk, where the family of a man who died of an apparent heart attack in the commission’s custody is likewise demanding a death sentence for four mutaween allegedly involved in his detention. Ahmed al-Bulawi died after being hauled into a...2007 August 6, Scott Macleod, “Vice Squad”, in Time, CLXX, № 5, page 36
  2. The religious police as a body.

Forms of muttawa

pluralmuttaween

Questions about muttawa

What is muttawa the alternative form of?
Muttawa is the alternative form of mutawa.

Words near muttawa in the dictionary

  1. mutt's nuts
  2. Mutt-and-Jeff
  3. Muttama
  4. muttasuddies
  5. muttasuddy
  6. muttawa
  7. Muttenz
  8. mutter
  9. mutter paneer
  10. mutterance
  11. mutterances

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