单词 | mazhabi |
释义 | Mazhabin. South Asian. Originally: a convert to Sikhism from Islam. In later use (from the end of the 19th cent.): (in the Punjab) a Sikh convert from the Chuhra group of outcastes (traditionally sweepers and scavengers). Also Mazhabi Sikh. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Sikhism > person > converted from Islam Mazhabi1849 1849 J. D. Cunningham Hist. Sikhs 379 Muzhŭbee, converts from Mahometanism are so called. 1858 R. Temple Let. 25 May in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 464/1 To the same destination (Delhi) was sent a strong corps of Muzhubee (low-caste) Sikhs, numbering 1200 men, to serve as pioneers. 1908 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 162 A fair sprinkling of Punjabis—ex-soldiers, Sikhs, Muzbis, and Jats—are coming in on the boats. 1917 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IX. 608/2 Such converts may form new castes, like the Mazbi or Mazhabi Sikhs, who were by origin Chūhrās, or scavengers, outside the Hindu pale. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Jan. 113/1 He was not going to give his daughter in marriage to a Muzbee. 1965 Sher Singh Sansis of Punjab ix. 188 If a Sansi takes food from a Choohra, Mazahbi, Chamar or other lower castes, he is outcast and fined. 1974 E. K. Marenco Transformation Sikh Society 249 In 1881 the Chuhra Sikhs, called Mazhabis after conversion, took the pahul, abstained from the use of tobacco..and were generally strict in their observance of orthodox..Sikhism. 1997 Encycl. Sikhism III. 75/2 Mazhabī Sikhs, as an integral part of the Sikh community, took an active part in the Gurdwārā Reform movement and the freedom struggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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