Islamic

See also: islàmic and Islāmic

English

Alternative forms

• Islāmic

Etymology

Islam +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlæːmɪk/

Adjective

Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic)

1. Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

Usage notes

• The spelling (Islāmic) is far less common than (Islamic); however, some scholars assert that it implies a more correct pronunciation (with a long ‘ā’: [ɑː], as opposed to a short ‘a’: as [æ]). It is standard in the publications of The Muslim Education Trust; as, for example, in the 1998 [5th Ed.] publication of Islām: Beliefs and Teachings, by Ghulam Sarwar (ISBN: 0–907261–03–5).

Synonyms

• Muslim, Muslimistic, Muslimic, Muslimish, Muslimly, Muslamic

Derived terms

• Islamicness
• Islamic State (IS)

Translations

Adjectival form of Islam

• Arabic: إِسْلَامِيّ (ʔislāmiyy)
• Armenian: իսլամական (hy) (islamakan)
• Basque: islamiko
• Belarusian: ісла́мскі (islámski)
• Bengali: ইসলামী (islami), ইসলামি (islami)
• Bulgarian: исля́мски (isljámski)
• Catalan: islàmic m, islàmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教／伊斯兰教 (zh) (Yīsīlánjiào), 伊斯兰教 (zh) (Yīsīlán jiào), 伊斯蘭／伊斯兰 (zh) (yīsīlán), 伊斯兰 (zh) (Yīsīlán)

• Czech: islámský (cs)
• Danish: islamisk (da)
• Dutch: islamitisch (nl)
• Esperanto: islama
• Finnish: islamilainen (fi)
• French: islamique (fr) m or f
• Galician: islámico (gl)
• German: islamisch (de)
• Greek: ισλαμικός (el) (islamikós)
• Hebrew: אִסְלָאמִי (islami)
• Hindi: इस्लामी (hi) (islāmī), इसलामी (hi) (islāmī), इस्लामिया (islāmiyā), इसलामिया (islāmiyā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Ioslamach
• Italian: islamico (it) m, islamica (it) f
• Japanese: イスラム教の (ja) (イスラムきょうの, Isuramu kyō no)
• Kurdish:
• Macedonian: и́сламски (íslamski)
• Persian: اسلامی (fa) (eslâmi)
• Polish: islamski (pl) m
• Portuguese: islâmico (pt) m, muçulmano (pt)
• Romanian: islamic (ro) m or n, islamică f
• Russian: исла́мский (ru) m (islámskij)
• Spanish: islámico (es) m
• Swedish: islamisk (sv), islamsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ісла́мський (islámsʹkyj)
• Urdu: اسلامی (islāmī)
• Volapük: slamik (vo)
• Welsh: Islamaidd (cy)
• Yiddish: איסלאַמיש (islamish)

Noun

Islamic (plural Islamics)

1. (colloquial, US) a malapropism for 'Islamist'
   • 2008, John Hagee, Financial Armageddon, Frontline, →ISBN, page 72:

     This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.

Anagrams

• laicism