takya

noun3

1. •
   A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.

   • The younger shaykh, Baba Musafir, turned to the task of establishing a takya or khanqah at Awrangabad — 2001
2. •
   Synonym of husayniyya.

   • The takya was often endowed with several stores, the profits from which would help to defray the cost of maintaining the takya. — 2004
3. •
   The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia.