muslim
//ˈmʊz.lɪm//
Forms
- Plural
- muslims
- Comparative
- more muslim
- Superlative
- most muslim
Definitions
1.An adherent of Islam.
- “At the end of the day, Jews and Muslims are cousins,” Alhomsi said.
- Muslims invented the concept of zero, which is a foundation for the numbering system used throughout the world.
- It was gouerned by Macuac, which conditioned with Amrus that euery Egyptian should pay an Egyptian peece of Gold, and to entertaine three dayes euery Muslim which passed that way.
2.A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference.
- Unfortunately, unlike “secular Jew” or “cultural Jew”, the term “cultural Muslim” isn’t widely understood.
- These secular Muslims, identified on the basis of cultural origin, are recognized neither by devout Muslims nor by average citizens or mainstream media in the West.
1.Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
- Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election.
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians, women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2412
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed around 1615 from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s l m), "to be whole, intact".
The verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām) means literally "submission".