Islam
English
Etymology
Borrowed around 1610 from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʾislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪs.lɑːm/, /ˈɪz.lɑːm/, /ɪsˈlɑːm/, /ɪzˈlɑːm/, or with /-læːm/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm
Proper noun
Islam (usually uncountable, plural Islams)
- A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Islam.
- The Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion).
- 2003, Jacques Verger, Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, editor, A History of the University in Europe. Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, Patterns, pages 35–76:
- It is no doubt true that other civilizations, prior to, or wholly alien to, the medieval West, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantium, Islam, or China, were familiar with forms of higher education which a number of historians, for the sake of convenience, have sometimes described as universities.
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- A male given name.
- A surname
Synonyms
- Mohammedanism (dated, now often considered offensive)
- Moslemism, Muslimism
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
- (subdivisions): Sunni, Shi'a, Ibadi
Related terms
Translations
Abrahamic religion
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See also
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪsˈlaːm/
Audio (file)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪslam]
- Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m
- Hyphenation: Is‧lam
Alternative forms
- Selam (colloquial)
Derived terms
- berislam
- diislamkan
- keberislaman
- keislaman
- mengislamkan
- pengislaman
References
Further reading
- “Islam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʾislām, “submission”), possibly through Spanish, English, or Philippine languages spoken mostly by Muslims.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Is‧lam
- IPA(key): /ʔisˈlam/, [ʔɪsˈlam]
- IPA(key): /ˈʔislam/, [ˈʔis.lɐm]
Welsh
Alternative forms
- Islâm
Etymology
From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʾislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
Islam | unchanged | unchanged | Hislam |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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