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noun
A border or frontier guardpost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, historical
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
A Sufi monastery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
An Islamic convent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology tree Arabic رَابَطَ (rābaṭa)der. Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ)bor. English ribat Borrowed from Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
