مسلمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian مسلمان (mosalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

Noun

مسلمان • (müsliman)

1. Muslim

Descendants

• Turkish: Müslüman
• → Albanian: musliman
• → Crimean Tatar: musulman
• → Italian: musulmano
  • → German: Muselman
    • → Estonian: musulman
    • → Swedish: muselman
  • → French: musulman
  • → Galician: musulmán
  • → English: Mussulman
  • → Maltese: musulman
  • → Portuguese: muçulmano
  • → Romanian: musulman
  • → Spanish: musulmán
• → Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нин (mjusjulmánin)
• → Greek: μουσουλμάνος (mousoulmános)
• → Macedonian: муслиман (musliman)
• → Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄н / muslìmān
• → Slovene: muslimȃn

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mosælˈmɒn], [musælˈmɒn]

Noun

مسلمان • (mosalmân) (plural مسلمانان (mosalmânân) or مسلمین (moslemin) or مسلمان‌ها (mosalmân-hâ))

1. Muslim

Inflection

Basic forms of مسلمان (mosalmân)
	singular	plural
bare	مسلمان (mosalmân)	مسلمانان (mosalmânấn) مسلمانا △ (mosalmânấ)
definitive direct object	مسلمان را (mosalmân râ) مسلمان رو △ (mosalmâno)	مسلمانان را (mosalmânấn râ) مسلمانا رو △ (mosalmânấ ro)
ezâfe	مسلمان (mosalmân-e)	مسلمانان (mosalmânấn-e) مسلمانای △ (mosalmânấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	مسلمانی (mosalmân-i)	مسلمانانی (mosalmânấn-i) مسلمانایی △ (mosalmânấi)
△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of مسلمان (mosalmân)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	مسلمانم (mosalmânam)	مسلمانیم (mosalmânim)
2nd person (“you are”)	مسلمانی (mosalmâni)	مسلمانید (mosalmânid) مسلمانین △ (mosalmânin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	مسلمان است (mosalmân ast) مسلمانه △ (mosalmâne)	مسلمانند (mosalmânand) مسلمانن △ (mosalmânan)
△ Colloquial.

Related terms

• مسلمانی (mosalmâni)
• اسلام (eslâm)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsəlman
• → Bashkir: мосолман (mosolman)
• → Kazakh: мұсылман (mūsylman)
• → Kyrgyz: мусулман (musulman)
• → Lak: бусурман (busurman)
• → Mongolian: мусульман (musulʹman)
• → Tatar: мөселман (möselman)
  • → Belarusian: мусульма́нін (musulʹmánin)
  • → Russian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmánin)
  • → Ukrainian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmányn)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسلمان
  • Turkish: Müslüman
  • → Albanian: musliman
  • → Crimean Tatar: musulman
  • → Italian: musulmano
    • → German: Muselman
      • → Estonian: musulman
      • → Swedish: muselman
    • → French: musulman
    • → Galician: musulmán
    • → English: Mussulman
    • → Maltese: musulman
    • → Portuguese: muçulmano
    • → Romanian: musulman
    • → Spanish: musulmán
  • → Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нин (mjusjulmánin)
  • → Greek: μουσουλμάνος (mousoulmános)
  • → Macedonian: муслиман (musliman)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄н / muslìmān
  • → Slovene: muslimȃn
• → Urdu: مسلمان
• → Uyghur: مۇسۇلمان (musulman)
• → Uzbek: musulmon

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian مسلمان (mosalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.səl.mɑːn/

Noun

1. Muslim