Shiite

See also: Shi'ite

English

Alternative forms

• Shi'ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːaɪt/

Adjective

Shiite (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Shi'a Islam.
2. Of or relating to Shiites.

Coordinate terms

• Sunni

Translations

of or pertaining to the Shi'a branch of Islam

• Arabic: شِيعِيّ m (šīʕiyy)
• Armenian: շիիթական (šiitʻakan)
• Catalan: xiïta
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: sjiitisch (nl), sjiitische (nl)
• Finnish: shiialainen
• French: chi’ite, chiite (fr)
• German: schiitisch (de)
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• Hungarian: síita (hu)
• Japanese: シーア (shīa)
• Persian: شیعی (shi'i)
• Portuguese: xiita (pt)
• Russian: шии́тский (ru) (šiítskij)
• Slovene: šiitski
• Swedish: shiitisk
• Volapük: jiitik

of or pertaining to the Shiites

• Arabic: شِيعِيّ m (šīʕiyy)
• Armenian: շիիթական (šiitʻakan)
• Catalan: xiïta
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: sjiitisch (nl), sjiitische (nl)
• Finnish: shiialainen
• French: chi’ite, chiite (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schiitisch (de)
• Hungarian: síita (hu)
• Japanese: シーア (shīa)
• Persian: شیعی (shi'i)
• Portuguese: xiita (pt)
• Russian: шии́тский (ru) (šiítskij)
• Slovene: šiitski
• Volapük: (♂♀) jiitanik, (♂) hijiitanik, (♀) jijiitanik

Noun

Shiite (plural Shiites)

1. A follower of Shi'a Islam; a Shi'a Muslim.

Synonyms

• Shia Muslim
• Shi'a
• Shia

Derived terms

• Shiitize

Translations

Shi'a — see Shi'a

Anagrams

• heitis