单词 | ghazi |
释义 | ghazin. A champion, esp. against infidels; also used as a title of honour. In modern use, chiefly applied to Muslim fanatics who have devoted themselves to the destruction of infidels. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > person > fanatical assassin1340 ghazi1753 mad mullah1838 Razakar1948 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. xxix. 199 The most potent Sultan Achmed, Khan Gazi. 1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara III. v. 144 [They] entertain such hatred for the infidel Seiks, that they often declare themselves ‘ghazee’, and devote their lives to their extinction. 1884 Men of the Time (ed. 11) Osman Pasha (Ghazi)..In October [1877] he received from the Sultan the title of ‘Ghazi’, or ‘Victorious’. 1885 T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 139 In the Turkish Empire the title of Ghazi implies something similar to our ‘Field Marshal’. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 211/2 The houses..were attacked by a mob of Ghazis. Derivatives ˈghazism n. the practice of ghazis. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 2 Sept. 5/3 The outrage is regarded as an act of pure ‘Ghazism’, as the victims were Hindus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1753 |
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