ʿAshuraʾ
[ash-oo-rah]
- the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims.
- (among Shiʿite Muslims) the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein.
Origin of ʿAshuraʾ
From the Arabic word ʿĀshūrāʾ
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