shura

English

Etymology

From Arabic شُورَى‎ (šūrā, “consultation”)

Noun

shura (plural shuras)

  1. (Islam) A body that provides counsel to a leader
    • 2007 January 5, Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Leader Promises More Afghan War”, in New York Times‎:
      “The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”
    • 2009 March 11, Carlotta Gall, “As U.S. Weighs Taliban Negotiations, Afghans Are Already Talking”, in New York Times‎:
      […] Mullah Bradar […] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.

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Anagrams

Irish

Noun

shura m

  1. Lenited form of sura.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sura shura
after an, tsura		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Noun

shura f (plural shuras)

  1. shura
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