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tazia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /taˈziːə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A representation of the tombs of Hasan and Husayn (the grandsons of Muhammad), carried in the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Shiite processions of Muharram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taboot

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of ta'ziyeh (“a dramatic art form of Iran performed by Shiites and reenacting the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala, usually performed in the month of Muharram”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Arabic تَعْزِيَة (taʕziya, “consolation, mourning”). Sense 1 was borrowed through Urdu تَعْزِیَہ (ta'ziya).