ইজতেমা

Bengali
The Bishwa Ijtema is attended by devotees from 150 countries and is the second largest Islamic gathering in the world with 5 million adherents.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع‎ (ijtimāʕ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /idʒ.t̪ema/, [ˈidʒ.t̪emaˑ], [ˈidz.t̪emaˑ], [ˈiz.t̪emaˑ]
  • (regressive assimilation) IPA(key): /itʃt̪ema/, [ˈitʃt̪emaˑ], [ˈitst̪emaˑ], [ˈist̪emaˑ]

Noun

ইজতেমা • (ijtema) (Islam)

  1. assemblage; convention
  2. the Bishwa Ijtema (an annual Islamic gathering in Bangladesh)
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