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yazidiat

yazidiat noun: tyranny, oppression.

Noun

yazidiat (uncountable)

  1. (Pakistani politics) tyranny, oppression
    • Soon after his tweet, Pakistan Peoples Party General Secretary Farhatullah Babar replied: “Religion is best kept out of politics.” Babar urged him to join hands against different manifestations of Yazidiat^([sic]).2022 August 7, “PTI to reveal next plan of action on 13th”, in The Express Tribune

Forms of yazidiat

alternative formyazidiyat

Origin of yazidiat

Borrowed from Urdu یزیدیت (yazīdiyat), Named after Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate who is considered the killer of Imam al-Husayn at Karbala'.

Questions about yazidiat

What does yazidiat mean?
Yazidiat means tyranny, oppression.
What part of speech is yazidiat?
Yazidiat is a noun.

Words near yazidiat in the dictionary

  1. Yazgulyami
  2. yazh
  3. Yazhou
  4. yazhs
  5. Yazidi
  6. yazidiat
  7. Yazidiness
  8. Yazidis
  9. Yazidism
  10. yazidiyat
  11. yazoo

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