mutawwan.

Brit.

/muːˈtɑːwə/,

/mᵿˈtɑːwə/, U.S.

/muˈtɑwə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, matawain, mutatawi'ah, mutawa'een, mutawain, mutawwain, mutawwa'in Brit.

/muːˌtɑːwəˈiːn/,

/mᵿˌtɑːwəˈiːn/, U.S.

/məˌtɑwəˈin/, (occasionally) mutawwas.

Forms: 1900s– matawa, 1900s– matawwa, 1900s– mutatawa, 1900s– mutawa, 1900s– mutawwa, 1900s– muttawa, 1900s– muttawwa.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic muṭṭawwiʿ, muṭṭawwaʿ.

Etymology: < Arabic muṭṭawwiʿ (in colloquial pronunciation muṭṭawwaʿ) (plural muṭṭawwiʿa, (colloquial) muṭṭawwaʿīn) volunteer, person willingly offering (himself or his services for the furtherance of good), active participle of iṭṭawwaʿa, euphonic form of taṭawwaʿa to perform good deeds beyond those prescribed by Islamic law: see further (but with a different derivation) Encycl. Islam (new ed. vii, 1993) at Mutaṭawwiʿa, Muṭṭawwiʿa.The Arabic word is earlier found in English contexts in the sense ‘zealot of the Wahhabi faith’; compare:1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xiii. 369 The townspeople tolerated me hitherto... But the Muttowwa, or public ministers of religion, from the first, stood contrary.1928 H. St. J. B. Philby Arabia of Wahhabis i. 29 ʿAbdullah Sumʿan, had definitely embraced the Wahhabi faith and become a Mutawwaʿ, spending all his time in the company of the Riyadh ʿUlama.1957 H. St. J. Philby Forty Years in Wilderness vii. 143 The one a Mutawwaʿ or zealot of the Wahhabi faith..charged with the task of conducting the other through the prescribed rites of his first visit to the House of God.

In Saudi Arabia: a member of the religious police.The official title of this body is the Committee for Propagating Virtue and Suppressing Evil.

ΚΠ

a1977 D. Holden & R. Johns House of Saud (1981) xvi. 261 When..some enterprising individuals set up clubs to show films, the irrepressible mutawain soon got wind of the abominable initiative and put an end to it.

1993 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 1/2 A mutawwa assaulted one of the parents, leaving marks on her arm.

1995 Independent 12 Oct. 16/4 In Saudi Arabia, Western employees have reported to human rights groups the systematic harassment of Asian housemaids by..members of the muttawa.

1998 Chicago Tribune 6 July vi. 3/2 Women are veiled, educated in segregated schools and banned from socializing with men except close relatives. Those who challenge the system risk being detained by the ‘mutawwa’, or religious police.

2001 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. (Washington Final ed.) iv. 13/6 The..matawain..use sticks to make sure women hide beneath their abayas.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mutawwa
释义	mutawwan. Brit. /muːˈtɑːwə/, /mᵿˈtɑːwə/, U.S. /muˈtɑwə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, matawain, mutatawi'ah, mutawa'een, mutawain, mutawwain, mutawwa'in Brit. /muːˌtɑːwəˈiːn/, /mᵿˌtɑːwəˈiːn/, U.S. /məˌtɑwəˈin/, (occasionally) mutawwas. Forms: 1900s– matawa, 1900s– matawwa, 1900s– mutatawa, 1900s– mutawa, 1900s– mutawwa, 1900s– muttawa, 1900s– muttawwa. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic muṭṭawwiʿ, muṭṭawwaʿ. Etymology: < Arabic muṭṭawwiʿ (in colloquial pronunciation muṭṭawwaʿ) (plural muṭṭawwiʿa, (colloquial) muṭṭawwaʿīn) volunteer, person willingly offering (himself or his services for the furtherance of good), active participle of iṭṭawwaʿa, euphonic form of taṭawwaʿa to perform good deeds beyond those prescribed by Islamic law: see further (but with a different derivation) Encycl. Islam (new ed. vii, 1993) at Mutaṭawwiʿa, Muṭṭawwiʿa.The Arabic word is earlier found in English contexts in the sense ‘zealot of the Wahhabi faith’; compare:1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xiii. 369 The townspeople tolerated me hitherto... But the Muttowwa, or public ministers of religion, from the first, stood contrary.1928 H. St. J. B. Philby Arabia of Wahhabis i. 29 ʿAbdullah Sumʿan, had definitely embraced the Wahhabi faith and become a Mutawwaʿ, spending all his time in the company of the Riyadh ʿUlama.1957 H. St. J. Philby Forty Years in Wilderness vii. 143 The one a Mutawwaʿ or zealot of the Wahhabi faith..charged with the task of conducting the other through the prescribed rites of his first visit to the House of God. In Saudi Arabia: a member of the religious police.The official title of this body is the Committee for Propagating Virtue and Suppressing Evil. ΚΠ a1977 D. Holden & R. Johns House of Saud (1981) xvi. 261 When..some enterprising individuals set up clubs to show films, the irrepressible mutawain soon got wind of the abominable initiative and put an end to it. 1993 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 1/2 A mutawwa assaulted one of the parents, leaving marks on her arm. 1995 Independent 12 Oct. 16/4 In Saudi Arabia, Western employees have reported to human rights groups the systematic harassment of Asian housemaids by..members of the muttawa. 1998 Chicago Tribune 6 July vi. 3/2 Women are veiled, educated in segregated schools and banned from socializing with men except close relatives. Those who challenge the system risk being detained by the ‘mutawwa’, or religious police. 2001 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. (Washington Final ed.) iv. 13/6 The..matawain..use sticks to make sure women hide beneath their abayas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1977
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