Deobandi


De·o·ban·di

D5138850 (dā′ə-bŭn′dē)n. pl. De·o·ban·dis also Deobandi An adherent of an Islamic movement originating in India and seeking to revive the practices and theological and legal interpretations of early Islam.
[Urdu devbandī, of Deoband, Deobandi, from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.]