English Explanatory Dictionary

Islamicist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An expert or scholar in Islam.
  2. An Islamic fundamentalist.
adj
  1. Pertaining to Islamic scholarship.
  2. Pertaining to Islamic fundamentalism.

Pronunciation

/ɪzˈlamɪsɪst/

Word forms

Islamicist Islamicists more Islamicist most Islamicist

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Islamicist From Islamic + -ist. Compare Islamist.

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