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tazia

UK/taˈziːə/

tazia noun: a representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram. Also the alternative form of ta'ziyeh.

Noun

tazia (countable and uncountable, plural tazias)

  1. (countable) A representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.
    • Gilt and paper presentations of their tombs are borne with shouting and wailing, music, torches, and yells, through the principal thoroughfares of the City; which fakements are called tazias.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 437
    • ‘What is the use of all these reforms, and Conciliation Committees for Mohurram, and shall we cut the tazia short or shall we carry it another route, and Councils of Notables and official parties where the English sneer at our skins?’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 107
    Synonyms:
    taboot

Also used as

tazia is also the alternative form of ta'ziyeh.

Synonyms of tazia

Forms of tazia

pluraltazias
alternative formta'ziya
alternative formtaziya
alternative formtazeea

Origin of tazia

From Arabic تَعْزِيَة (taʕziya, “consolation, mourning”). Sense 1 was borrowed through Urdu تَعْزِیَہ (ta'ziya).

Questions about tazia

What does tazia mean?
Tazia means a representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.
What part of speech is tazia?
Tazia is a noun.
How do you pronounce tazia?
Tazia is pronounced /taˈziːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of tazia?
The plural of tazia is tazias.

Words near tazia in the dictionary

  1. tazettine
  2. Tazewell
  3. Tazewell County
  4. tazheranite
  5. tazi
  6. tazia
  7. tazias
  8. tazing
  9. taziprinone
  10. tazir
  11. tazis

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