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ʿAshuraʾ

[ash-oo-rah]

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.

Origin:
< Arabic ʿĀshūrāʾ

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