Muslim
See also: muslim
English
Alternative forms
- Moslem (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed around 1615 from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s-l-m), "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām) means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".
Pronunciation
Noun
Muslim (plural Muslims, feminine Muslimah or Muslima)
- A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.
- 1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, fourth edition, page 1019: lines 19-21:
- It was gouerned by Macuac, which conditioned with Amrus that euery Egyptian should pay an Egyptian peece of Gold, and to entertaine three dayes euery Muslim which passed that way.
- 2006, Howard Greenstein, Kendra G. Hotz, John Kaltner, What Do Our Neighbors Believe?, →ISBN:
- Muslims invented the concept of zero, which is a foundation for the numbering system used throughout the world.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:Muslim
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Sunni, Shi'a, Sufi/Sufist, Ahle Quran, Salafite, Muwahhid, Quranist, Moorish Scientist, Ismaili/Ismailite, Zahirist, Ahmadi (controversial), 5 percenter, Ibadist, ghair muqallid, Hanafite
- jihadist/jihadi, mujahid
Coordinate terms
- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
- anti-Muslim
- anti-Muslimism
- anti-Muslimist
- anti-Muslimness
- Black Muslim
- Cape Muslim
- Christo-Muslim
- cyber-Muslim
- de-Muslimize
- demuslimize
- I'm a Muslim
- inter-Muslim
- intra-Muslim
- Muslimaniac
- Muslimcentric
- Muslimdom
- Muslimese
- Muslimess
- Muslimest
- Muslimette
- Muslimhood
- Muslimic
- Muslimicide
- Muslimification
- Muslimify
- Muslimish
- Muslimism
- Muslimist
- Muslimistic
- Muslimite
- muslimity
- Muslimize
- Muslimless
- Muslimlover
- Muslimly
- Muslimness
- Muslimo-
- Muslimofascist
- Muslimoid
- Muslimologist
- Muslimology
- muslimonazi
- Muslimophile
- Muslimphobe
- Muslimphobia
- Muslimphobic
- Muslimship
- Muslimstan
- muslimtard
- Muslimville
- neo-Muslim
- non-Muslim
- out-Muslim
- pan-Muslimism
- philo-Muslim
- post-Muslim
- pre-Muslim
- pro-Muslim
- promuslim
- proto-Muslim
- pseudo-Muslim
- Sahih Muslim
- semi-Muslim
- un-Muslim
Translations
believer of Islam
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Adjective
Muslim (comparative more Muslim, superlative most Muslim)
- Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
- 2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
relating to believers of Islam
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References
- “Muslim”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.: ≈/ˈmʌz.ləm/, /ˈmʊz.ləm/, /ˈmʊs.ləm/
Further reading
- “Muslim”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Muslim in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “Muslim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
- Moslem (now chiefly colloquial, but still common)
- Moslim (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʊslɪm/, /mʊsˈliːm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Mus‧lim
Noun
Muslim m (strong, genitive Muslims, plural Muslime or Muslims, feminine Muslimin or Muslime or Muslima)
Declension
Synonyms
- Mohammedaner (“Muhammedaner”) (dated)
- Mohammeder, Muhammeder (obsolete, rare)
- Muselman, Muselmann, Muselmane (archaic)
- Musel (derogatory)
- Islamit (rare)
Hypernyms
- Abrahamit
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of Muslim according to religious orientation
- Alevit/Alewit
- Chardschit
- Dschabrit
- Mutazilit
- Schiit
- Sunnit
- Wahhabit
Other hyponyms of Muslim
- Islamist
- Radikalmuslim
- Vorzeige-Muslim
Derived terms
- Muslimin
- muslimisch
- Muslimisierung, muslimisieren
- Kulturmuslim
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /musˈlim/ [mʊsˈlim]
- Rhymes: -im
- Syllabification: Mus‧lim
Noun
Muslím (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ᜔) (Islam)
- Muslim
- Synonyms: Musulman, Mahometano, Moro, (slang) dimaporo
Related terms
- Islam
- Islamista
Further reading
- “Muslim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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