Shi'a

See also: Shia

English

Alternative forms

• Shia, Shiah, Shi'ah

Etymology

From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “adherence”).

Noun

Shi'a (countable and uncountable, plural Shi'as)

1. (uncountable) The branch of Islam that believes that Ali succeeded Muhammad as leader, and that places emphasis on the prophet's family.
   • 1998, Geert H. Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures‎^[1], page 181:

     In Islam, Sunni is a more triumphant version of the faith than Shia, which stresses the importance of suffering, following the founder Ali, who was persecuted.

   • 2008, J. Gordon Melton, The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, page 181:

     Shi’a is one of the two larger divisions of Islam, […]

   • Bruce Anthony Collet, Refugee Education as a Gauge of Liberal Multiculturalism: Iraqi Students in Jordan and the United States in 2013, Heidi Biseth, Halla B. Holmarsdottir, Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education, Sense Publishers, page 158:

     Jordanians do not know what Shi’a is about, and it was very recently, [the] last few years, when we start[ed] being exposed to Shi’a.

2. (countable) One who follows Shi'a Islam; a Shiite.

Synonyms

• (follower of Shi'a Islam): Shia, Shiite, rafidah (Derogatory)

Coordinate terms

• (person): Sunni, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, 5 percenter, Ibadi, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist

Derived terms

Derived terms

• anti-Shia, anti-Shiism, anti-Shiite
• inter-Shia, inter-Shiite
• non-Shia, non-Shiite
• pan-Shia, pan-Shiism
• Shi'ize, Shi'ify, Shiitize; Shi'ization, Shiification
• Shiastan
• Shiadom
• Shiaphobe, Shiaphobia
• Shiaphilia
• Shi'iness
• non-Shia
• Shiiteness
• Shi'itic
• Shiist

Translations

branch of Islam

• Arabic: شِيعَة (ar) f (šīʕa)
• Armenian: շիա (hy) (šia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 什葉派／什叶派 (zh) (Shíyèpài), 什叶派 (zh) (Shíyèpài)

• Dutch: sjia
• Esperanto: ŝijaismo
• Finnish: šiialaisuus (fi), shiialaisuus
• French: chiisme (fr) m
• German: Shia f
• Hindi: शिया (hi) m (śiyā)
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• Italian: sciismo (it) m
• Japanese: シーア派 (shīa-ha)
• Persian: شیعه (fa) (shi'e)
• Portuguese: xiismo m
• Russian: шии́зм (ru) (šiízm)
• Spanish: chiismo m, chía (es) m
• Turkish: Şii (tr), Şia (tr)
• Uyghur: شىئە (shi'e)
• Volapük: jiit

follower of Shi'a Islam

• Arabic: شِيعِيّ m (šīʕiyy)
• Armenian: շիա (hy) (šia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 什葉／什叶 (zh), 什叶 (zh) (shíyè)

• Czech: šíita (cs) m
• Danish: shia c, shiit c
• Dutch: sjiiet (nl) m
• Finnish: šiia (fi), shiia, shiialainen
• French: chiite (fr) m, chi’ite m
• German: Schiit (de) m, Schiitin (de) f
• Hebrew: שיעי
• Hindi: शिया (hi) m (śiyā)
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• Japanese: シーア (shīa)
• Persian: شیعه (fa) (shi'e)
• Polish: szyita (pl) m
• Portuguese: xiita (pt) m or f
• Russian: шии́т (ru) m (šiít)
• Slovene: šiit m
• Spanish: chiíta m or f
• Turkish: Şii (tr), Şia (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) jiitan, (♂) hijiitan, (♀) jijiitan

Anagrams

• HIAs, Hsia, Siha, ahis, isha