English
takiyya
Takiyya comes from Arabic تَكِيَّة ‘Sufi lodge, used for praying and other…’, and goes back to Classical Persian تکیه ‘leaning, reclining’.
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتکیهtakya‘leaning, reclining’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928تَكیهtekye
- Arabicc. 500–presentتَكِيَّةtakiyya‘Sufi lodge, used for praying and other religious ceremonies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1855takiyya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتکیهtakya‘leaning, reclining’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928تَكیهtekye
- Arabicc. 500–presentتَكِيَّةtakiyya‘Sufi lodge, used for praying and other religious ceremonies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1855takiyya
Earliest quotation: 1855, Richard F. Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage: “During the fast-month, zikrs are rarely performed in the…”
Every English word from Classical Persian تکیه
Today it means
noun In Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Persian تکیه / takiyya