takiyya means in Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَكِيَّة (takiyya), from Ottoman Turkish تَكیه (tekye), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya). Doublet of takya, tekke, and takyeh.
noun
- In Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent.“During the fast-month, zikrs are rarely performed in the Takiyahs: the inmates pray there in congregations, or they sit conversing upon benches in the shade.”