Shabak
Shabak noun: a member of an ethnic group native to parts of Iraq which predominantly speaks an Iranic language called Shabaki and historically practices a religion similar to Alevism called Shabakism.
Noun
Shabak (plural Shabaks)
- A member of an ethnic group native to parts of Iraq which predominantly speaks an Iranic language called Shabaki and historically practices a religion similar to Alevism called Shabakism.
- So little is known with certainty about the Shabak 's religious beliefs that I will abstain from a detailed description; they seem comparable, however, to those of other groups with a Qizilbash background.2018, Anke Otter-Beaujean, Barbara Kellner-Heikele, Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi, editors, Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East: Collected Papers of the International Symposium “Alevism in...
Adjective
Shabak (comparative more Shabak, superlative most Shabak)
- Of or pertaining to the Shabaks or Shabakism.
Forms of Shabak
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Shabaks |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Shabak |
| superlative | most Shabak |
Questions about Shabak
- What does Shabak mean?
- Shabak means a member of an ethnic group native to parts of Iraq which predominantly speaks an Iranic language called Shabaki and historically practices a religion similar to Alevism called Shabakism.
- What part of speech is Shabak?
- Shabak can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Shabak?
- The plural of Shabak is Shabaks.
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