Islam

Islam

See also: İslam, İslâm, islam, islám, and íslam

English

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Etymology

    From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, submission, surrender), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɪs.lɑːm/, /ˈɪz.lɑːm/, /ɪsˈlɑːm/, /ɪzˈlɑːm/, or with /-læm/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm

    Proper noun

    Islam (usually uncountable, plural Islams)

    1. A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
      • 2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 12 April 2021:
        “When people see a woman covered, or she is in modest attire, that represents Islam to them,” Lbhalla says. “So as a result, we are receiving the brunt of the hostility. They take out their fears or their hate for Islam and Muslims out on us.”
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Islam.
      1. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion).
        • 2003, Jacques Verger, edited by Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, 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.
    2. A male given name.
    3. A surname.
      • 2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN[3], archived from the original on 12 April 2021:
        “When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “

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    Albanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

    Proper noun

    Islam m

    1. a male given name, Islam, from Arabic

    Declension

    Declension of Islam
    singular
    indefinite definite
    nominative Islam Islami
    accusative Islamin
    dative/ablative Islami Islamit

    French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /i.slam/

      Proper noun

      Islam m

      1. Islam

      German

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

        Pronunciation

        Proper noun

        Islam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Islams or Islam)

        1. Islam
          Synonym: (dated) Mohammedanismus

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        Indonesian

        Etymology

        From Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).[1]

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ˈɪslam]
        • Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m
        • Hyphenation: Is‧lam

        Proper noun

        Islam

        1. (religion, Islam) Islam

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        References

        1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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        Malay

        Etymology

        From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [is.lam]
        • Rhymes: -lam, -am
        • Hyphenation: Is‧lam

        Proper noun

        Islam (Jawi spelling إسلام)

        1. (religion) Islam

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        • Indonesian: Islam

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        Tagalog

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, submission), possibly through Spanish, English, or Philippine languages spoken mostly by Muslims.

        Pronunciation

        • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈlam/ [ʔɪsˈlam]
        • Rhymes: -am
        • Syllabification: Is‧lam

        Proper noun

        Islám (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎᜋ᜔)

        1. Islam
          Synonyms: Islamismo, Mahometismo

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        • isnan

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        Welsh

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, submission, surrender), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s l m).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈɪslam/

        Proper noun

        Islam m or f

        1. Islam

        References

        • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Islam”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[4], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
        • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “Islam”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin