Ayyubid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Ayyubid dynasty. historical
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Ayyubid dynasty: a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin founded by Saladin and centred in Egypt. historical, not-comparable

Synonyms

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ayyubiteayyubite

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic الأيوبيون, from Ayyub (“the name of Saladin's father”) + -id (see أيوب).

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