Islam
English
Alternative forms
- Islaam, Islām
Etymology
Borrowed around 1610 from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʾislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪsˈlɑːm/, /ɪzˈlɑːm/, /ˈɪs.lɑːm/, /ˈɪz.lɑːm/, or with /-læːm/
- Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm
Proper noun
Islam (usually uncountable, plural Islams)
Synonyms
- Mohammedanism (dated, now often considered offensive)
- Moslemism, Muslimism
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; Ahmadiyya, Asatru, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Eckankar, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Islamic
- Islamise, Islamize
- Islamist
- Islamic calendar
- Islamness
- Islamologist
- Islamology
Translations
religion
|
|
See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.