English
Mutawali
Mutawali comes from Arabic مُتَوَالٍ ‘successive, following one another without…’, and goes back to تَوَالَى.
- Arabicc. 500–presentتَوَالَىtawālā‘to occur successively’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُتَوَالٍmutawālin‘successive, following one another without interruption’
- EnglishtodayMutawali
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentتَوَالَىtawālā‘to occur successively’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُتَوَالٍmutawālin‘successive, following one another without interruption’
- EnglishtodayMutawali
Every English word from Arabic تَوَالَى
Today it means
noun Lebanese Twelver Shiite
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic تَوَالَى / Mutawali