tarekat

English

Noun

tarekat (plural tarekats)

1. Alternative form of tariqa.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tarékat, from Arabic طَرِيقَة (ṭarīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈrɛkat̚/
• Hyphenation: ta‧rè‧kat
• Rhymes: -kat, -at, -t

Noun

tarèkat (plural tarekat-tarekat)

1. (Islam) way, path

   Synonym: jalan

2. (Islam) method

   Synonym: cara

3. (Islam) tariqa, religious brotherhood, dervish order
4. (Catholicism) order: a group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles

   Synonym: ordo

Alternative forms

• tarikat, thoriqot, thariqat, tariqat

Derived terms

• ketarekatan

Further reading

• “tarekat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016