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Also known as akhund, akhwand

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Said to be same as
sheikh
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female form of label
אחונדית
native label
آخوند
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Duty
  • Old usage
  • Use in personal names
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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Akhund () is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars, common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Azerbaijan. Other names for similar Muslim scholars include Sheikh and Mullah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “akhoond” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.