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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈzuw.man/
- Rhymes: -uwman
- Syllabification: mu‧zuł‧man
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Muselmann. According to Witold Pilecki, a Polish World War II cavalry officer and KL-Auschwitz prisoner, the term started to be used by German guards in the Auschwitz concentration camp. It derived from the fact that extremely exhausted prisoners would crouch and they resembled Muslims during a prayer.
Noun
muzułman m pers
- (historical, Nazism, prison slang) prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp showing symptoms of starvation and exhaustion, resigned to their impending death
- (dated, Islam) Muslim (believer of Islam)
- Synonym: muzułmanin
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
muzułman
- (rare, proscribed) genitive plural of muzułmanin
- Synonym: muzułmanów
Further reading
- muzułman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- muzułman in Polish dictionaries at PWN