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2024
عاشورا
عاشورا
Persian
Noun
عاشورا
•
(
Âshurâ
)
(
Islam
)
Ashura
, a holy day falling on the 10th day of
Muharram
, commemorating the martyrdom of
Husayn ibn Ali
at
Karbala
in 680 AD.
Etymology
From
Arabic
عَاشُورَاء
(
ʿāšūrāʾ
,
“
tenth, tenth day
”
)
.
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