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muttaqī(act. part. of اتّقی 'to preserve or keep oneself' (from); 'to fear' (God); viii of وقی 'to take care, of, to preserve'), part. adj. Refraining (from), abstinent, abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. parhez-gār); cautious, wary; God-fearing, devout, pious;—s.m. An abstemious man, etc.
Origin: Arabic