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• ashura
  ashura

  noun

  the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims.
• Ashura
  Ashura

  noun

  Islam a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 _ah (680 _ad )

ashura

American  

[ash-oo-rah] / ˈæʃ ʊ rɑ /

noun

1. the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims.

2. (among Shiʿite Muslims) the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein.

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Ashura British  

/ ˈæʃʊˌrɑː /

noun

1. Islam a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 _ah (680 _ad )

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Etymology

Origin of ashura

From the Arabic word ʿĀshūrāʾ