Jul 15, 2020 13:37
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Arabic term

النظام الإمامي الكهنوتي

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
Hello everyone,

Context: book chapter on Yemeni political history

ومع ذلك لا تزال لثورة فبراير أهداف ومبادئ تمثل خيار اليمنيين الذين يرون سوء الواقع الذي أفرزه الارتداد عن هذه الثورة، والمتمثل بعودة شبح النظام الإمامي الكهنوتي شمالا والنظام العصبوي الجهوي"
"السلاطيني جنوبا

I'm stuck on the term كهنوتي. All my usual sources are telling me it means 'priestly'. Seeing as we are talking about an Islamic imamate here, I'm assuming that I can't use that translation as we don't usually speak in English of Islamic priests. Is this adjective simply reinforcing the religious nature of an imamate? Would it be acceptable here to simply say 'imamate/imamah' and omit كهنوتي?

Thanks in advance!

Discussion

ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI Jul 15, 2020:
Imam Ordination system of beliefs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination

Proposed translations

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Arabic term (edited): الكهنوتي
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Clerical/ecclesiastical


The use of the term الكهنوتي here is meant to mock the Imamis' traditional organized system of clergy. It is meant as a derogatory term, likening the Imami system to the Catholic system of organized priestly structure, although, of course, it is not that.
Peer comment(s):

agree Hasna Chakir
4 hrs
agree Ahmad Batiran
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I see - an ironic/derogatory usage makes sense here. Thank you!"
44 mins

Priesthood "Priest-King" Imamah Regime / Sovereign Imamah Regime / Kahanout Imamah Regime

the Houthi priesthood الكهنوت الحوثي في اليمن
https://alqabas.com/en/article/5744899-the-yemeni-quotdefens...

Houthi-Iranian priesthood الكهنوت الإيراني الحوثي
https://debriefer.net/en/news-17408.html

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Note added at 45 mins (2020-07-15 14:22:29 GMT)
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Kindly ignore Sovereign Imamah Regime!
I forget to delete that option!
Example sentence:

https://www.newsyemen.net/news?page=48

Note from asker:
Thanks for the references - has helped me to understand the word in context :)
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