sharia

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See also: shari'a

English

Noun

sharia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of shari'a.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 276:
      After all, Usamah had served the sadist Zangi and, if read in full, his account presents a picture of Islamic violence no less shocking to modern sensibilities: the collecting of Christian heads, the crucifying and bisections of their own soldiers and heretics, the severe punishments of Islamic sharia – and the story of how his father, in a rage, lopped off the arm of his page.

Anagrams

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally path, way).

Noun

sharia (singular definite -, plural indefinite sharia)

  1. (Islam) shari'a
    • 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 201:
      Sharia er ikke hele islam. Sharia er menneskeskabte fortolkninger af Koranen udformet i løbet af ...
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    • 2012, Aminah Tønnsen, Tror muslimer at jorden er flad?: 100 spørgsmål og svar om islam i det 21. århundrede, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Ordet sharia forekommer kun et enkelt sted i Koranen, hvoraf det tilmed tydeligt fremgår, at der  ...
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    • 2002, Torben Bramming, Hvad er et folk?: overvejelser over folkets danske og europæiske identitet, →ISBN:
      Sharia er måden, hvorpå man tolker koranen, så den kan give vejledning og retledning i moderne tider, hvor man ikke umiddelbart kan finde det problem, man står med, omtalt i koranen.
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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally path, way).

Noun

sharia f (invariable)

  1. (Islam) shari'a

Portuguese

Noun

sharia f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of xaria

Spanish

Noun

sharia f (plural sharias)

  1. sharia

Further reading

Swedish

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Noun

sharia c

  1. (Islam) sharia, shari'a

Declension

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally path, way), possibly via Spanish sharia or English sharia.

Pronunciation

Noun

sharia (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜌ) (Islam)

  1. shari'a (Islamic religious law)

Further reading

  • sharia”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018