شیعی

See also: شيعي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy). By surface analysis, شیعه (şîʿe) +‎ ـی (-î).

Adjective

شیعی • (şîʿî)

1. Shi'ite

Noun

شیعی • (şîʿî) (plural شیعیلر (şîʿîler))

1. Shi'ite

Derived terms

• شیعیلك (şîʿîlik)

Descendants

• Turkish: Şii

Further reading

• Hakkı Tevfik [Galancızade] (1907), “شیعی”, in تركجه‌دن آلمانجه‌یه لغات كتابی [türkçeden almancaya lugat kitabı] / Türkisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, page 205
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شیعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 742
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شیعی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1148

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy). By surface analysis, شیعه (šī'a / ši'e) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ˈʔiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ʔíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ʔíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃeːíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃeːí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ʔíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ʔí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	šī'ī
Dari reading?	šī'ī
Iranian reading?	ši'i
Tajik reading?	ši'i

Adjective

شیعی • (šī'ī / ši'i) (Tajik spelling шиъӣ)

1. Shi'ite

   Coordinate terms: اباضی (ibāzī / ebâzi), سنی (sunnī / sonni)

Noun

شیعی • (šī'ī / ši'i) (Tajik spelling шиъӣ)

1. Shi'ite

   Coordinate terms: اباضی (ibāzī / ebâzi), سنی (sunnī / sonni)

   بیشتر شیعیان دوازده‌امامی در هند، ایران، عراق، جمهوری آذربایجان، لبنان، افغانستان، پاکستان و کشورهای حاشیه خلیج فارس مانند یمن و بحرین زندگی می‌کنند.

   bištar-e ši'iyân-e davâzdah-emâmi dar hend, irân, 'erâq, jomhuri-ye âzarbâyjân, lobnân, afġânestân, pâkestân va kešvar-hâ-ye hâšiye-ye xalij-e fârs mânand-e yaman va bahreyn zendegi mi-konand.

   Most Twelver Shi'ites live in India, Iran, Iraq, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf like Yemen and Bahrain.

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ش ي ع (0 c, 6 e)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “شیعی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “شيعی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul