English Explanatory Dictionary

Islam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
  2. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion).
  3. A male given name.
  4. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪs.lɑːm/ /ˈɪz.lɑːm/ /ɪsˈlɑːm/ /ɪzˈlɑːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Islam.wav

Word forms

Islam Islams Islaam Islām Eslam

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.

Synonyms

Mohammedanism Moslemism Muslimism Islamism

Related words

Islamic Islamic calendar Islamise Islamize Islamism Islamist Islamness Islamologist Islamology Islamophobia Allah hadith hajj mosque Muslimness Qur'an sharia law

Derived words

Chrislam Nation of Islam Pisslam Prislam Siqatul Islam

Translations

Afrikaans: Islam Albanian: Islam Amharic: እስልምና Amharic: ኢስላም Arabic: الْإِسْلَام Arabic: إسلام Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܣܠܵܡ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܫܠܵܡ Aramaic: ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ Armenian: իսլամ Assamese: ইছলাম ধৰ্ম Assamese: ইছলাম Asturian: islam Azerbaijani: İslam Bashkir: ислам Basque: Islam Basque: islamismo Belarusian: ісла́м Belarusian: мусульма́нства Belarusian: ісля́м Belarusian: магамета́нства Belarusian: ісьля́м Bengali: ইসলাম Breton: Islam Bulgarian: исля́м Bulgarian: мохамеда́нство Burmese: အစ္စလမ် Burmese: အစ္စလာမ်ဘာသာ Catalan: islam Catalan: islamisme Chechen: ислам class d Chechen: бусалба дин Cherokee: ᎢᏏᎳᎻ Chichewa: Chisilamu Chichewa: Chinasala Chinese Cantonese: 回教 Chinese Cantonese: 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 Chinese Cantonese: 清真教 Chinese: йисламу Chinese: хуэйхуэй җё Chinese: 回教 Chinese: 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 Hakka Chinese: 回教 Hakka Chinese: 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 Chinese Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 Chinese Mandarin: 回教 Chinese Mandarin: 清真教 Corsican: islam Crimean Tatar: İslâm Czech: islám Danish: islam Dhivehi: އިސްލާމް Dutch: islam Esperanto: islamo Estonian: islam Finnish: islam French: Islam Friulian: Islam Gagauz: İslam Galician: islam Galician: islamismo Georgian: ისლამი German: Islam
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