نصيري

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مُحَمَّد بِن نُصَيْر (muḥammad bin nuṣayr, Muhammad ibn Nusayr) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective[edit]

نُصَيْرِيّ (nuṣayriyy) (feminine نُصَيْرِيَّة (nuṣayriyya), masculine plural نُصَيْرِيُّونَ (nuṣayriyyūna), feminine plural نُصَيْرِيَّات (nuṣayriyyāt))

  1. (obsolete) an Alawite, a member of a syncretic Shia sect concentrated in Latakia and Tartus governorates in Syria
  2. (Islam, religious slur) a Nusayri, an Alawite

Usage notes[edit]

In 1920s the term عَلَوِيّ (ʕalawiyy) became more common for self-identification among Alawites. Now the word "Nusayri" is used only by the critics of the sect, especially by groups like the Islamic State or Jabhat an-Nusra during the Syrian Civil war.

Declension[edit]