نصراني

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • نَصْرَان (naṣrān) (obsolete)
  • نَصْرِي (naṣrī) (obsolete)

Etymology

From اَلنَّاصِرَة (an-nāṣira, Nazareth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nasˁraːniːj/

Adjective

نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy) (masculine plural نَصَارَى (naṣārā), feminine plural نَصْرَانِيَّات (naṣrāniyyāt) or نَصَارَى (naṣārā))

  1. Christian
    • Qur'an 2:111:10 (Sahih International):
      مَا كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَٰكِنْ كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا
      mā kāna ʾibrāhīmu yahūdiyyan walā naṣrāniyyan wa-lākin kāna ḥanīfan musliman
      Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, rather he was an upright Muslim
  2. (obsolete) Nazarene

Usage notes

  • This word is never used as a self-designation by Arabic-speaking Christians and is widely considered politically incorrect, at least in countries with relevant Christian populations. Since نصراني is the word used for “Christian” in the Quran and hadeeth, it retains some currency in Islamic religious discourse, but even there مَسِيحِي (masīḥī) is now widely used.

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Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: نصرانى (náṣrāni)
  • Indonesian: Nasrani
  • Maltese: Nisrani

References

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