# Ashura

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #61,971

## Definitions
1. A holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD.

## Etymology
From Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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