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Islam

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See also: İslam, İslâm, islam, islám, and íslam

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed around 1610 from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s l m).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪs.lɑːm/, /ˈɪz.lɑːm/, /ɪsˈlɑːm/, /ɪzˈlɑːm/, or with /-læm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm

Proper noun

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Islam (usually uncountable, plural Islams)

  2. A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
    • 2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “When people see a woman covered, or she is in modest attire, that represents Islam to them,” Lbhalla says. “So as a result, we are receiving the brunt of the hostility. They take out their fears or their hate for Islam and Muslims out on us.”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Islam.
    1. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion).
      • 2003, Jacques Verger, edited by Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, A History of the University in Europe. Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, Patterns, pages 35–76:
        It is no doubt true that other civilizations, prior to, or wholly alien to, the medieval West, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantium, Islam, or China, were familiar with forms of higher education which a number of historians, for the sake of convenience, have sometimes described as universities.
  3. A male given name.
  4. A surname.
    • 2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN‎[3]:
      “When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Proper noun

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Islam m

  1. a male given name, Islam, from Arabic

Declension

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Declension of Islam
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Islam Islami
accusative Islamin
dative/ablative Islami Islamit

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

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Islam m

  1. Islam

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

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Islam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Islams or Islam)

  1. Islam
    Synonym: (dated) Mohammedanismus

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).[1]

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Islam

  1. (religion, Islam) Islam

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References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

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Islam (Jawi spelling إسلام)

  1. (religion) Islam

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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: Islam

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”), possibly through Spanish, English, or Philippine languages spoken mostly by Muslims.

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Islám (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎᜋ᜔)

  1. Islam
    Synonyms: Islamismo, Mahometismo
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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s l m).

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Proper noun

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Islam m or f

  1. Islam
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References

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  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Islam”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[5], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “Islam”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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