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akhoond
EntityQ2632248· pop 24· linked from 169 articles

Also known as akhund, akhwand

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Vinony's link graph records 169 inbound references to akhoond, and connects out to Islam, companions of the Prophet and ijtihad.

It sits within the topics Commons link is locally defined, Islamic honorifics and Islamic Persian honorifics.

Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.

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female form of label
אחונדית
native label
آخوند
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Duty
  • Old usage
  • Use in personal names
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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Akhund () is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars, common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Azerbaijan. Other names for similar Muslim scholars include Sheikh and Mullah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “akhoond” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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