English
Etymology
From Shi'a + -ite
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːaɪt/
- Rhymes: -iːaɪt
Adjective
Shiite (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Shi'a.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Shi'a
Noun
Shiite (plural Shiites)
- A member of the Shi'a.
- Hypernym: Muslim
- Hyponyms: Twelver, Zaydite
- Coordinate terms: Ibadite, Sunnite
Translations
member of the Shi'a
- Arabic: شِيعِيّ m (šīʕiyy), شِيعِيَّة f (šīʕiyya)
- Armenian: շիա (hy) (šia)
- Azerbaijani: şiə
- Bengali: শিয়া (bn) (śiẏa)
- Catalan: xiïta (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 什葉 / 什叶 (zh) (shíyè)
- Czech: šíita (cs) m
- Danish: shia c, shiit c
- Dutch: sjiiet (nl) m
- Esperanto: ŝijaano, ŝijaisto
- Finnish: šiia (fi), shiia, shiialainen
- French: chiite (fr) m or f
- German: Schiit (de) m, Schiitin (de) f
- Hebrew: שיעי
- Hindi: शिया (hi) m (śiyā)
- Hungarian: síita (hu)
- Italian: sciita (it) m or f
- Japanese: シーア (shīa), シーイー (shīī)
- Kazakh: шиит (şiit)
- Macedonian: шиит m (šiit)
- Persian: شیعی (fa) (ši'i)
- Polish: szyita (pl) m
- Portuguese: xiita (pt) m or f
- Romanian: șiit (ro) m, șiită (ro) f
- Russian: шии́т (ru) m (šiít)
- Slovene: šiit m
- Spanish: chiíta m or f
- Turkish: Şii (tr)
- Volapük: (♂♀) jiitan, (♂) hijiitan, (♀) jijiitan
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