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zawiya

UK/ˈzɑːwɪə/US/ˈzɑːwijə/

zawiya noun: in North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.

Noun

zawiya (plural zawiyas)

  1. In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.

zawiya meaning in Bengali

zawiya in Bengali

উত্তর ও পশ্চিম আফ্রিকায়, একটি মুসলিম ধর্মীয় বিদ্যালয়, সম্প্রদায়

Forms of zawiya

pluralzawiyas
alternative formzaouia
alternative formzawiyah

Origin of zawiya

From Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “corner, prayer room”).

Questions about zawiya

What does zawiya mean?
Zawiya means in North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.
What is zawiya in Bengali?
Zawiya in Bengali is উত্তর ও পশ্চিম আফ্রিকায়, একটি মুসলিম ধর্মীয় বিদ্যালয়, সম্প্রদায়. See Zawiya meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is zawiya?
Zawiya is a noun.
How do you pronounce zawiya?
Zawiya is pronounced /ˈzɑːwɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of zawiya?
The plural of zawiya is zawiyas.

Words near zawiya in the dictionary

  1. Zawinski's law
  2. Zawislak
  3. Zawislaks
  4. Zawistowski
  5. Zawistowskis
  6. zawiya
  7. Zawiyah
  8. zawiyas
  9. zawn
  10. zawns
  11. Zawra'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zawiya (page history and authors); zawiya (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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