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78 Cards in this Set
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A divine revelation given audibly.
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bathqol
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An Arabian trumpet.
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bawwaqe
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A former Yemeni monetary unit.
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buqsha
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A veiled garment worn by Muslim women.
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burqa
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"The number five, as signified in dice or cards."
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cinq
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"A plant of the genus Potentilla, or an ornamental design thereof."
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cinqfoil
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A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
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coq
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An Islamic jurisprudent.
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faqih
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A Muslim ascetic.
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faqir
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Muslim jurisprudence.
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fiqh
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A revolution in India or Pakistan.
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inqilab
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A style of South African music.
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mbaqanga
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"The Tanakh, or Hebrew text of the Bible."
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miqra
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A Bangladeshi headman.
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muqaddam
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An Arabic script used in Persian writings.
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nastaliq
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A sweet wine from Pontacq.
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pontacq
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A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat.
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qabab
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A form of Jewish mysticism.
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qabalah
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A member of the Qadariyah.
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qadarite
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"In Islam, adherents of the doctrine of free will."
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qadariyah
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"In Judaism, a prayer of mourning."
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qaddish
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A Muslim judge.
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qadi
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"In Islam, a Sufi order."
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qadiriyah
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Twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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qaf
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A Muslim tribal chief.
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qaid
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A minor official of the Ottoman Empire.
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qaimaqam
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A Persian writing-case.
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qalamdan
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A member of an order of mendicant dervishes.
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qalandar
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A type of water supply tunnel found in north Africa and the Middle East.
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qanat
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A type of harp.
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qanun
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An Arabian poem of praise or satire.
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qasida
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A kind of Arabian shrub used as a narcotic.
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qat
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A person who practises qawwali music.
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qawwal
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Devotional music of the Sufis.
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qawwali
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Variant of qadi.
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qazi
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An Azerbaijani unit of currency.
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qepiq
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A marginal reading in the Hebrew Bible.
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qere
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An obsolete spelling of what.
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qhat
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An obsolete spelling of which.
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qheche
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An obsolete spelling of whom.
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qhom
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An obsolete spelling of Whitsuntide (the day of Pentecost).
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qhythsontyd
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"In Chinese culture, a physical life force."
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qi
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A type of nylon.
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qiana
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The point to which Muslims turn in prayer.
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qibla
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"A local Libyan name for the sirocco, a southeasterly Mediterranean wind."
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qibli
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A Chinese system of medical exercises.
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qigong
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A classification of Chinese musical instruments.
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qin
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Variant of qindar.
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qintar
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A Hebrew elegy.
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qinah
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"An Albanian unit of currency, equal to one one-hundredth of a lek."
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qindar
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"A drug, artemisinin, used to treat malaria."
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qinghaosu
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A traditional Chinese dress.
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qipao
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"A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia and, formerly, various other countries."
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qirsh
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Adjective used to describe the feeling of an event or mood.
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Qittaus
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The wool of the musk-ox.
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qiviut
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"An analogy in Sharia, Islamic law."
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qiyas
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The nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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qoph
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The nineteenth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
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qoppa
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A type of curry.
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qorma
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Variant of qere.
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qre
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A standard English keyboard layout.
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qwerty
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An obsolete spelling of rank.
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rencq
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A small Arabian boat.
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sambuq
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"A unit of weight originally used in Mesopotamia. The currency of Israel, divided into 100 agorot."
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sheqel
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An Arab marketplace.
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suq
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A form of Islamic divorce.
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talaq
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Variant of nastaliq.
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taliq
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An Indian estate.
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taluq
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A person who collects the revenues of a taluq.
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taluqdar
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An Indian landholding tenure.
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taluqdari
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"In Islam, the dissimulation of faith displayed for fear of one's life."
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taqiya
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Acceptance of Muslim orthodoxy.
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taqlid
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"A Sufi method of spiritual development, or a Sufi missionary."
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tariqa
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A form of sedative.
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tranq
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"In Judaism, a term bestowed upon the righteous."
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tsaddiq
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An open inuit boat.
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umiaq
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A charitable trust in Islamic law.
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waqf
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"A Fijian intoxicating beverage, kava."
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yaqona
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