مسلم

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Arabic

Root
س ل م (s l m)
21 terms

Etymology 1

    Derived from the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, to surrender, to become a Muslim).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مُسْلِم (muslimm (plural مُسْلِمُون (muslimūn), feminine مُسْلِمَة (muslima))

    1. (Islam) Muslim
      Hyponyms: شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), سُنِّيّ (sunniyy)
    Declension
    Hyponyms

    Adjective

    مُسْلِم (muslim) (feminine مُسْلِمَة (muslima), masculine plural مُسْلِمُون (muslimūn), feminine plural مُسْلِمَات (muslimāt))

    1. Muslim
    2. submitting, accepting, believing.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:46:
        وَلَا تُجَادِلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَهُنَا وَإِلَهُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
        wa-lā tujādilū ʔahla l-kitābi ʔillā bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu ʔillā llaḏīna ẓalamū minhum wa-qūlū ʔāmannā bi-llaḏī ʔunzila ʔilaynā wa-ʔunzila ʔilaykum wa-ʔilahunā wa-ʔilahukum wāḥidun wa-naḥnu lahu muslimūna
        Mufti Taqi: Do not debate with the people of the Book unless it is in the best manner, except with those of them who commit injustice. And say, “We believe in what is sent down to us and sent down to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him we submit (ourselves).”
    Declension
    Descendants

    Proper noun

    مُسْلِم (muslimm

    1. a male given name
    Declension

    Etymology 2

    Root
    س ل م (s l m)
    21 terms

    Derived from the passive participle of سَلَّمَ (sallama, to preserve, to hand over intact, to accept).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    مُسَلَّم (musallam)

    1. unimpaired, intact, unblemished, flawless
    2. accepted, uncontested, incontestable, indisputable, incontrovertible
    Declension

    References

    • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

    Malay

    Proper noun

    مسلم

    1. Jawi spelling of Muslim‎.

    Persian

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic مُسَلَّم (musallam).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? musallam
    Dari reading? musallam
    Iranian reading? mosallam
    Tajik reading? musallam

    Adjective

    مسلم (mosallam)

    1. indisputable, incontrovertible, certain, taken for granted
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 106:
        هرچند مسلم شودت دهر سلیمی
        در دیده میاور تو چنین مختصری را
        harčand musallam šawadat dahr-i salīmī
        dar dīda miyāwar tō čunīn muxtisarī rā
        Even though Selim's destiny is obvious to you,
        Do not appear so briefly before his eyes.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).. Doublet of مسلمان (mosalmân).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? muslim
      Dari reading? muslim
      Iranian reading? moslem
      Tajik reading? muslim

      Noun

      مسلم (moslem)

      1. (uncommon) Synonym of مسلمان (mosalmân, Muslim).

      Proper noun

      مسلم (moslem)

      1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muslim.

      Further reading

      South Levantine Arabic

      Root
      س ل م
      8 terms

      Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mus.lim/,
      • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

      Adjective

      مسلم (muslim) (feminine مسلمة (muslime), common plural مسلمين (muslimīn))

      1. Muslim

      Noun

      مسلم (muslimm (plural مسلمين (muslimīn), feminine مسلمة (muslime))

      1. Muslim

      Urdu

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      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسْلِم (muslim), borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        مُسْلِم (muslim) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुस्लिम)

        1. Muslim; Islamic

        Noun

        مُسْلِم (muslimm (Hindi spelling मुस्लिम)

        1. a Muslim (adherent of Islam)
          Synonym: مُسَلْمان (musalmān)