takya

• (via Iranian Persian) takyeh, (via Ottoman Turkish) tekye/tekyeh, (via Turkish) tekke, (via Arabic) takiyya
• (archaic forms) takyah, takia, takiya, takiyah, takieh, takié, takiye, takiyeh, tekieh, tekiye, tekiyeh

From Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

takya (plural takyas)

1. (history, Sufism)
   1. A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
      • 1999, M. Naeem Qureshi, Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics, page 16:

        The presence of the Hindiler Tekkesi or the Indian takya in Istanbul since the time of Tipu's mission is another indication but it was not until the 1840s that the position of the Indian Muslims with regard to the Ottoman caliphate was fully crystallized.

      • 2001, The Book Review‎, page 8:

        The younger shaykh, Baba Musafir, turned to the task of establishing a takya or khanqah at Awrangabad

   2. The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia.
      • 1994, A. D. Khan, Diplomatics of the Soyurghal Farman of the Great Mughals‎, page 6:

        takyas (graveyards)

      • 2017, Ja'far Sharif, William Crooke, Islam in India‎:

        Takya, a pillow, a resting-place of Faqīrs

2. (Shia Islam, Iran) Synonym of husayniyya
   • 2004, Robert Gleave, Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, page 388:

     The takya was often endowed with several stores, the profits from which would help to defray the cost of maintaining the takya.

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

takya (plural takyalar)

1. support
2. takya

   Synonym: takyaxona