taqlid

English

Alternative forms
  • taqleed, taklid

Etymology

From Arabic تَقْلِيد‎ (taqlīd, “imitation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tækˈliːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

taqlid (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) Conformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
    • 2000, Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God, Harper, published 2004, page 128:
      Muslims must not imagine that their sole duty was taqlid, the emulation of a jurist.

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic تَقْلِيد‎ (taqlīd, “imitation”).

Noun

taqlid (plural taqlidlar)

  1. copy, imitation

Derived terms
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