Islamize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To convert to Islam.
  2. To make someone, or a society, conform to Islamic law.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Islamize Islamizes Islamizing Islamized Islamise

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Islamize From Islam + -ize.

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