English Explanatory Dictionary

Shi'a

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Shi'a Islam.
  2. The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
noun
  1. Synonym of Shiite.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃiːə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shi'a.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shi'a.wav

Word forms

Shi'a Shia Shiah Shi'ah Schiah Shi'as

Etymology

From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “sect, faction, party; [collectively] followers, partisans”), as the word has been used in شِيعَة عَلِيّ (šīʕat ʕalī, “the faction of Ali; [collectively] the followers of Ali”) or الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Faction; the Followers”).

Synonyms

Shi'i Islam Shi'ism Shiite

Related words

Shi'i

Derived words

anti-Shi'a Shi'a-centric Shi'a Islam Shi'a Muslim Shi'ism Shi'ite anti-Shia anti-Shiism anti-Shiite inter-Shia inter-Shiite non-Shia non-Shiite pan-Shia pan-Shiism Shiadom Shiaphilia Shiaphobe Shiaphobia Shiastan Shi'iness Shiist Shiiteness Shi'itic Shi'ize Shi'ify Shiitize Shi'ization Shiification

Translations

Arabic: شِيعَة عَلِيّ Arabic: الشِّيعَة Aramaic: ܫܝܥܗ Aramaic: ܫܝܥܐ Armenian: շիա Azerbaijani: şiə Azerbaijani: şiəlik Azerbaijani: şiə məzhəbi Azerbaijani: şiə təriqəti Bengali: শিয়া Catalan: xiisme Chinese Mandarin: 什葉派 /什叶派 Danish: shia Dutch: sjia Esperanto: ŝijaismo Finnish: šiialaisuus Finnish: shiialaisuus French: chiisme Georgian: შიიზმი German: Schia Hindi: शिया Italian: sciismo Japanese: シーア派 Kazakh: шиитшілдік Persian: شِیعَه Persian: شِیعَةْ Dari: شِیعَه Iranian Persian: شیعه Polish: szyizm Portuguese: xiismo Romanian: șiism Russian: шии́зм Spanish: chiismo Spanish: chía Turkish: Şia Turkish: Şiilik Uyghur: شىئە Volapük: jiit
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