ISIS

See also: isis, Isis, and Ísis

English

Etymology

An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام‎ (ad-dawla l-ʾislāmiyya fī l-ʿirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام‎ (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsɪs/
• Homophone: Isis

Proper noun

ISIS

1. A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. [from 2013]

Alternative forms

• Isis
• Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
• Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Synonyms

• (Extremist group): Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)

Derived terms

• ISIS-K

 

Translations

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

• Arabic: دَاعِش‎ (dāʕiš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ISIS (ISIS)

• Dutch: ISIS (nl)
• Finnish: Isis (fi)
• French: EIIL m, Daech (fr) m
• German: ISIS (de) m or f, ISIL (de) f, ISIG m or f
• Greek: ΙΚΙΣ n (IKIS) (Ισλαμικό Κράτος στο Ιράκ και την Συρία (Islamikó Krátos sto Irák kai tin Syría))
• Hebrew: דאע״ש‎ m or m pl (da'e"sh)
• Japanese: ISIS (ISIS), アイシス (aishisu), イラク・レバントのイスラム国 (Iraku Rebanto no Isuramu-koku)
• Korean: ISIS (ISIS)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: DAÎŞ (ku) m

• Norwegian: ISIS m
• Persian: داعش‎ (dâ'eš)
• Portuguese: ISIS (pt) m
• Russian: ИГИ́Л (ru) m or f or n (IGÍL)
• Spanish: ISIS m
• Swedish: ISIS (sv) c
• Turkish: IŞİD (tr)
• Uyghur: دائىش‎ (da'ish)
• Urdu: دَاعِش‎ (dā‘iš), دولتِ اسلامیہ برائے عراق و شام‎ (daulat-i islāmiyah barā'e ‘irāq o šām)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico

German

Alternative forms

• Isis

Etymology

Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien

Noun

ISIS m or f

1. ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS

   Synonyms: ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

See also

• Islamischer Staat, IS

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zis/
• Homophone: Ísis

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islâmico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: I‧SIS

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico