Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Masihiylar jamoati
- Transliteration
- mah-see-hee-LAR jah-moh-ah-TEE
- Rejected alternatives
- jamoat (bare, ambiguous with a mosque congregation), cherkov (Russian loanword, understood but carries Russian Orthodox/foreign-institution connotations)
Church
The full phrase ‘Masihiylar jamoati’ (‘assembly of Christ-followers’) is used rather than bare jamoat, which in ordinary Uzbek usage most often refers to a local mosque congregation.
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