Islam
English
Alternative forms
- Islaam, Islām / Eslam
Etymology
Borrowed around 1610 from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s l m).
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)
- 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, 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.
- A male given name.
- A surname
Synonyms
- Mohammedanism (dated, now often considered offensive)
- Moslemism, Muslimism
- Islamism
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- 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
- Tengrism
- Thelema
- Unitarian Universalism
- Wicca
- Yahwism
- Yazidism
- Yoruba
- Zoroastrianism
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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See also
Further reading
Anagrams
- mails, Smail, Slami, alims, salmi, Salim, Malis, Simla, Milas, simal, Smila, limas, smail, misal, malis, amils
Albanian
Proper noun
Islam m
- a male given name
Declension
singular | ||
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Islam | Islami |
accusative | Islamin | |
dat./abl. | Islami | Islamit |
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.slam/
Proper noun
Islam m
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪsˈlaːm/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Islam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Islams or Islam)
- Islam
- Synonym: (dated) Mohammedanismus
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪslam]
- Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m
- Hyphenation: Is‧lam
Proper noun
Islam
Alternative forms
- Selam (colloquial)
Derived terms
- berislam
- diislamkan
- keberislaman
- keislaman
- mengislamkan
- pengislaman
References
Further reading
- “Islam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [is.lam]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -lam, -am
- Hyphenation: Is‧lam
Proper noun
Islam (Jawi spelling إسلام)
Affixations
Compounds
Descendants
- Indonesian: Islam
Further reading
- “Islam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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)
- Islam
- Synonyms: Islamismo, Mahometismo
Related terms
- Islamista
- Muslim
See also
- isnan
Further reading
- “Islam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
Anagrams
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
Related terms
References
- Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN