Lūṭī

by Floor, Willem

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The term lūṭī (pl. alvāṭ ) referred primarily to dervishes and entertainers. Both groups were storytellers and performers with snakes and scorpions, sometimes obscuring the difference between the two, and both had a reputation for immorality (drinking wine, pederasty, using opium, untrustworthiness). By extension, the term was used to refer to others’ behaviour similar to that of lūṭī s. 1. Etymology The etymology is uncertain. Given the meaning of loose living, gambling, wine-drinking, and ped…

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The term lūṭī (pl. alvāṭ ) referred primarily to dervishes and entertainers. Both groups were storytellers and performers with snakes and scorpions, sometimes obscuring the difference between the two, and both had a reputation for immorality (drinking wine, pederasty, using opium, untrustworthiness). By extension, the term was used to refer to others’ behaviour similar to that of lūṭī s. 1. Etymology The etymology is uncertain. Given the meaning of loose living, gambling, wine-drinking, and pederasty suggests that the term may have been derived from Arabic liwāṭ (sodomy), the maṣdar (verbal

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2996

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eng Islam

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Floor, Willem

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