English
Etymology
Calque of Arabic أَهْل الْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb).
Noun
People of the Book pl (plural only)
- (Islam) Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion.
Synonyms
- People of the Scripture
- Ahle Kitab (Persian, Urdu)
- Ahl al-Kitab (Arabic)
Translations
Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion
- Arabic: أَهْل الْكِتَابِ m pl (ʔahl al-kitābi)
- Azerbaijani: kitab əhli
- Catalan: gent del Llibre f
- Dutch: mensen van het Boek m pl
- French: gens du Livre (fr) m pl
- German: Leute der Schrift pl
- Gujarati: અહલેકિતાબ m (ahalekitāb)
- Hebrew: עַם הַסֵּפֶר (he) m ('am haséfer)
- Japanese: 啓典の民
- Korean: 성서의 백성 (seongseoui baekseong)
- Ngazidja Comorian: wandru wahe Shio class 2
- Polish: Lud Księgi m
- Swahili: Watu wa Kitabu class 2
- Swedish: bokens folk n
- Urdu: اِہْلِ کِتاب (ihl-i kitāb)
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