Salavat

[ suh-luh-vaht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, S of Ufa.

An Imam wearing a green turban and a green robe will ascend to the top of a green minaret with his last salavat.

According to tradition he was the son of king Bimbisra and the courtesan Salavat.

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