Muslim

muslim English Alternative forms en Moslem dated Etymology Borrowed around 1615 from en ar مُسْلِم one who submits, the 1 1 of ar أَسْلَمَ he submitted, IV verb form from the triliteral root س ل م 1, "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun ar إسْلام means literally "submission". In a religious sense, ar الْإِسْلَام translates to "faith, piety", and ar مُسْلِم to "one who has (religious) faith or piety". en ar س ل م Pronunciation en /ˈmʊz.lɪm/ RP en en-uk-Muslim.ogg UK en /ˈmʉz.lɪm/ Scotland,NI en /ˈmɐz.ləm/ /ˈmʊz.lɪm/ US: ≈/ˈmɐz.ləm/ /ˈmʊz.ləm/ /ˈmʊs.ləm/ en /ˈmʊs.lɪm/ /ˈmʊs.ləm/ more Arabized en ɐzlɪm ʊzlɪm ʊslɪm 2 Noun Cultural Muslim Muslims (ethnic group) An adherent of Islam. en 1626 Samuel Purchas Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World fourth edition, page 1019: lines 19-21 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. en 2006 Howard Greenstein; Kendra G. Hotz; John Kaltner What Do Our Neighbors Believe? 1611644119 Muslims invented the concept of zero, which is a foundation for the numbering system used throughout the world. en Brammhi Balarajan US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/us/us-interfaith-communities-navigate-israel-hamas-war-reaj 2023-11-22 “At the end of the day, Jews and Muslims are cousins,” Alhomsi said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250707055638/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/us/us-interfaith-communities-navigate-israel-hamas-war-reaj A person who internalizes the Islamic culture Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference. https://books.google.com/books?id=l-axAgAAQBAJ&q=%22cultural+Muslim%22&pg=PT90 Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks Spyros A. Sofos Roza Tsagarousianou Palgrave Macmillan 2013 978-1-137-35777-9 en 2009 9 https://books.google.ca/books?id=2_nmhn7qehoC&pg=PA9#v=snippet&q=These%20secular%20Muslims&f=false Haideh Moghissi; Saeed Rahnema; Mark Goodman Diaspora by Design: Muslim Immigrants in Canada and Beyond 1409487474 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. en 2012 147 https://books.google.ca/books?id=DRnthQxB8lYC&pg=PA147&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Cara Aitchison; Mei-Po Kwan; Peter Hopkins Geographies of Muslim Identities: Diaspora, Gender and Belonging 1409487474 Of course, the ⟨five⟩ pillars of faith do not represent all rituals important to Muslims; and ways were developed in which they could subsume other rituals under the politically safe rubrics of nationalism or culture, which from the earliest times until the 1980s were not generally topics attacked by the government. From this practice the concepts of 'cultural Muslim, 'ethnic Muslim and, less frequently, 'nationalist Muslim evolved. en 6 July 2020 Kia Abdullah The i Paper https://inews.co.uk/opinion/secular-muslim-islam-faith-484560 Unfortunately, unlike “secular Jew” or “cultural Jew”, the term “cultural Muslim” isn’t widely understood. https://web.archive.org/web/20251103161357/https://inews.co.uk/opinion/secular-muslim-islam-faith-484560 3 November 2025 en chiefly _ historical A member of a predominantly Muslim South Slavic ethnic group (usually a Bosniak), irrespective of actual religious beliefs used historically in Yugoslavia but persisting to some degree in some former Yugoslav states. Synonyms See Thesaurus:Muslim Hypernyms en Abrahamist; monotheist; theist, religionist Hyponyms en Sunni, en Shi'a/en Shiite, en Sufi/Sufist, Ahle Quran, Salafite, Muwahhid, Quranist, Moorish Scientist, Ismaili/Ismailite/Ishmaelite, Zahirist, Ahmadi (controversial), 5 percenter, Ibadist, ghair muqallid, Hanafite en jihadist/jihadi, mujahid Coordinate terms Derived terms en anti-Muslim de-Muslimise mipster Muslamic Muslimaphobia Muslimisation Muslimise Muslimity Muslimization Muslimophilia Muslimophobe Muslimophobia Muslimophobic Musloid muzzie pseudomuslim un-Muslim-like anti-Muslimism anti-Muslimist anti-Muslimness Black Muslim Cape Muslim Christo-Muslim cyber-Muslim demuslimize de-Muslimize is the Pope a Muslim Shi'i Muslim I'm a Muslim inter-Muslim intra-Muslim Muslimaniac Muslim Area Muslimcentric Muslimdom Muslimese Muslimess Muslimest Muslimette Muslimhood Muslimic Muslimicide Muslimification Muslimify Muslimish Muslimism Muslimist Muslimistic Muslimite muslimity Muslimize Muslimless Muslimlover Muslimly Muslimness Muslimo- Muslimofascist Muslimoid Muslimologist Muslimology muslimonazi Muslimophile Muslimphobe Muslimphobia Muslimphobic Muslimship Muslimstan muslimtard Muslim Village Muslimville Muslim Zionism neo-Muslim non-Muslim out-Muslim pan-Muslimism philo-Muslim post-Muslim pre-Muslim promuslim pro-Muslim proto-Muslim pseudo-Muslim Sahih Muslim semi-Muslim un-Muslim mujeet Muslimah Translations believer of Islam Afrikaans: af moslem, af moslema f Albanian: sq mysliman m, sq myslimane f Amharic: am ሙስሊም Arabic: ar مُسْلِم m, ar مُسْلِمَة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܵܐ mišlmana m, aii ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܬܵܐ mišlmanta f Armenian: hy մահմեդական Aromanian: rup musliman m Assamese: as মুছলমান Asturian: ast mahometanu, ast musulmán, ast moru despective, loosely, ast sarracenu Avar: av бусурманчи, av бусургьан Azerbaijani: az müsəlman Bashkir: ba мосолман Belarusian: be мусульма́нін m, be мусульма́нка f Bengali: bn মুসলিম, bn মুসলমান musolman Breton: br muzulman m Bulgarian: bg мюсюлма́нин m, bg мюсюлма́нка f, bg мохамеда́нин m, bg мохамеда́нка f, bg мохамеда́нче n child Burmese: my မွတ်စလင် Catalan: ca musulmà m Chechen: ce бусалба Chinese: Cantonese: yue 穆斯林, yue 伊斯蘭教徒, yue 回教徒 Mandarin: cmn 穆斯林, cmn 伊斯蘭教徒, cmn 回教徒 Chuvash: cv мусульман, cv мӑсӑльман Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb isilamu c5 c6 Ngazidja Comorian: zdj isilamu c5 c6 Coptic: cop ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ m, cop ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ m Cornish: kw Moslem m, kw Moslemes f, kw Sarsyn m Crimean Tatar: crh musulman Czech: cs muslim m, cs muslimka f Danish: da muslim c Dargwa: dar бусурман Dutch: nl moslim m, nl moslima f Dzongkha: dz ཁ་ཆེ Esperanto: eo islamano, eo islamanino female Estonian: et muslim, et moslem, et musulman Farefare: gur mõrɛ, gur mõrɛ Faroese: fo muslimur m Finnish: fi muslimi French: fr musulman m, fr musulmane f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Moslim Galician: gl musulmán m Georgian: ka მუსულმანი, ka მუსლიმი German: de Muslim m, de Moslem m both common; de Mohammedaner m dated; de Muselmane m archaic; de Muslimin f, de Muslima f, de Moslemin all common; de Mohammedanerin f dated; de Muselmanin f archaic Greek: el μουσουλμάνος m, el μουσουλμάνα f Gujarati: gu મુસ્લિમ, gu મુસલમાન Hausa: ha Musulmi Hebrew: he מוסלמי m músl'mi מֻסְלְמִי / מוסלמי, he מוסלמית f musl'mít מֻסְלְמִית / מוסלמית Hindi: hi मुस्लिम m, hi मुसलमान m, hi मुसलमानी f, hi मुसलिम m, hi मुहम्मदी m, hi मौसुल m Hungarian: hu muszlim, hu muzulmán Icelandic: is múslimi m Igbo: ig Muslim Indonesian: id orang Muslim, id Muslim Ingrian: izh mahomettiläin Interlingua: ia muslim Irish: ga Moslamach m, ga Mahamadach m dated Italian: it musulmano m, it musulmana f Japanese: ja ムスリム musurimu, ja イスラム教徒 イスラムきょうと, isuramu kyōto, ja 回教徒 かいきょうと, kaikyōto Javanese: jv wong Muslim Kannada: kn ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ Kazakh: kk мұсылман Khmer: km មូស្លីម Kikuyu: ki muithiramu Korean: ko 이슬람교도, ko 회교도(回敎徒), ko 무슬림, ko 모슬렘, ko 무슬림 Kumyk: kum бусурман Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb موسلمان Northern Kurdish: kmr misilman Kyrgyz: ky мусулман Lak: lbe бусурман Lao: lo ມຸສລິມ Latin: la muslimanus m Latvian: lv musulmanis m, lv musulmane f Lezgi: lez мусурман Lingala: ln mozilmani Lithuanian: lt musulmonas m, lt musulmonė f Luganda: lg omusiraamu s, lg abasiraamu p Macedonian: mk муслиман m, mk муслиманка f Malagasy: mg Miozolmana Malay: ms orang Muslim, ms Muslim Malayalam: ml മുസ്ലിം Manipuri: mni ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯜ archaic, mni ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯟ, mni ꯄꯥꯡꯘꯜ, mni ꯃꯨꯁ꯭ꯂꯤꯝ Marathi: mr मुस्लिम muslim, mr मुसलमान musalamān Middle Mongol: xng ᠰᠠᠷᠲᠠᠭ᠍ᠤᠯ Mon: mnw မူသလေန် Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn мусульман, mn лал Mongolian script: mn ᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠮᠠᠨ, mn ᠯᠠᠯᠤ Moore: mos alsɩlaama, mos more Nahuatl: nah mahomatlacatl Nepali: ne मुसलमान Norwegian: Bokmål: nb muslim m Nynorsk: nn muslim m Occitan: oc musulman m Odia: or ମୁସଲମାନ Ossetian: os пысылмон Pashto: ps مسلمان m mosalmān, ps مسلم m mosalam Persian: Dari: prs مُسَلْمَان Iranian Persian: fa-ira مُسَلْمان, fa-ira مُسَلْمون colloquial, Tehrani Polish: pl muzułmanin m, pl muzułmanka f Portuguese: pt muçulmano m, pt muçulmana f Punjabi: pa ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ Rohingya: rhg Romani: rom xoraxaj m, rom xoraxani f Romanian: ro musulman m, ro musulmană f Russian: ru мусульма́нин m, ru мусульма́нка f, ru магомета́нин m dated, ru магомета́нка f dated Sanskrit: sa मौसुल m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh муслѝма̄н m, sh муслѝма̄нка f Latin: sh muslìmān m, sh muslìmānka f Shan: shn မူႇသလိမ်ႇ Sindhi: sd مسلم, sd مسلمان Sinhalese: si මුස්ලිම් Slovak: sk moslim m, sk moslimka f, sk muslim m, sk muslimka f Slovene: sl musliman m, sl muslimanka f Somali: so muslim m Sotho: st moselamose Spanish: es musulmán m, es musulmana f, es muslim n, es moro m, es muslime n, es mahometano m, es mahometista n rare, es islamita n, es sarraceno m, es sarracín m, es agareno m Sundanese: su Muslim Swahili: sw Mwislamu Swedish: sv muslim c Tajik: tg мусулмон Talysh: Asalemi: tly مسلمون məsəlmun Tamil: ta முஸ்லிம், ta முசல்மான், ta சோனகன் Tatar: tt мөселман Telugu: te ముస్లిం, te మొస్లెం Thai: th มุสลิม Tibetan: bo ཁ་ཆེ Tigrinya: ti ኣስላማይ Turkish: tr Müslüman Ottoman Turkish: ota مسلمان müsliman Turkmen: tk musulman Ukrainian: uk мусульма́нин m, uk мусульма́нка f Urdu: ur مُسَلْمان m, ur مُسْلِم m Uyghur: ug مۇسۇلمان Uzbek: uz musulmon Vietnamese: vi người Islam, vi người Hồi, vi người Hồi giáo Volapük: ♂♀ vo slaman, ♂ vo hislaman, ♀ vo jislaman Welsh: cy Mwslim m f, cy Moslem m f Yiddish: yi מוסולמאַן m, yi איסלאַמער m Yoruba: yo Musulumi Zulu: zu Muslim Adjective more Being or relating to a believer of Islam. en Irene Silverblatt Andrew B. Fisher; Matthew D. O'hara 2009 Foreword xi Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America 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. en Brammhi Balarajan US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/us/us-interfaith-communities-navigate-israel-hamas-war-reaj 2023-11-22 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250707055638/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/us/us-interfaith-communities-navigate-israel-hamas-war-reaj Synonyms en Islamic Antonyms en non-Muslim en kafir Derived terms en is the Pope Muslim Translations relating to believers of Islam Afrikaans: af moslem Arabic: ar إِسْلَامِيّ Armenian: hy մահմեդական Asturian: ast musulmán Azerbaijani: az müsəlman Belarusian: be мусульма́нскі Breton: br muzulman Bulgarian: bg мюсюлма́нски, bg мохамеда́нски Catalan: ca musulmà Cherokee: chr ᎹᏏᎳᎻ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 穆斯林 mùsīlín, cmn 清真 qīngzhēn Czech: cs muslimský Danish: da muslimsk Dutch: nl moslims Esperanto: eo muslima Finnish: fi muslimi- French: fr musulman m Galician: gl musulmán Georgian: ka მუსლიმანური German: de muslimisch Greek: el μουσουλμανικός m Gujarati: gu મુસ્લિમ, gu મુસલમાન, gu મુસલમાની Hebrew: he מוסלמי muslemi Hindi: hi मुस्लिम, hi मुसलमान, hi मुसलमानी, hi मौसुल m Hungarian: hu muszlim, hu muzulmán Irish: ga Moslamach m, ga Mahamadach dated Italian: it musulmano m Japanese: ja ムスリム musurimu Kazakh: kk мұсылман, kk мұсылмандық Khmer: km អិស្លាម ihslaam Korean: ko 무슬림 Kyrgyz: ky мусулман Luganda: lg by'abasiraamu Macedonian: mk муслима́нски Maltese: mt mislem m Marathi: mr मुस्लिम muslim, mr मुसलमान musalamān Norwegian: Bokmål: nb muslimsk Nynorsk: nn muslimsk Occitan: oc musulman Persian: fa مسلمانی mosalmâni Polish: pl muzułmański Portuguese: pt muçulmano Romani: rom xoraxano Romanian: ro musulman Russian: ru мусульма́нский Sanskrit: sa मौसुल m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh муслимански Latin: sh muslimanski Slovak: sk muslimský Slovene: sl muslimanski Sotho: st leselamose Spanish: es musulmán, es muslim, es moro, es muslime, es mahometano, es mahometista rare, es islamita, es sarraceno, es sarracín, es agareno Swahili: sw mwiislamu Swedish: sv muslimsk Tajik: tg мусулмонӣ Tamil: ta முஸ்லிம் Turkish: tr Müslüman Turkmen: tk musulman Ukrainian: uk мусульма́нський Urdu: ur مسلم muslim, ur مسلمان musalmān, ur مسلمانی musalmānī Uyghur: ug مۇسۇلمان Uzbek: uz musulmon Vietnamese: vi muslim m, vi Hồi giáo, vi đạo Hồi, vi Hồi Volapük: ♂♀ vo slamanik, ♂ vo hislamanik, ♀ vo jislamanik Welsh: cy Mwslim (n), cy Mwslimaidd (a) Proper noun en barangay mun/Guindulungan p/Maguindanao del Sur c/Philippines. References Further reading Anagrams en ilmmsu limmus en Islam People German Alternative forms de Moslem now chiefly colloquial, but still common de Moslim archaic Etymology From de ar مُسْلِم. Pronunciation de /ˈmʊslɪm/ /mʊsˈliːm/ de De-Muslim.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Mus lim Noun m,s,e:s in,e,a Muslim Declension m,s,e:s Synonyms de Mohammedaner Muhammedaner dated de Mohammeder, de Muhammeder obsolete rare de Muselman, de Muselmann, de Muselmane archaic de Musel derogatory de Islamit rare Antonyms de Nichtmuslim de Kafir Hypernyms de Abrahamit de Monotheist de Gläubiger Hyponyms de Hyponyms of Muslim according to religious orientation Alevit,Alewit Chardschit Dschabrit Mutazilit Schiit Sunnit Wahhabit de Other hyponyms of Muslim Islamist Radikalmuslim Vorzeige-Muslim Derived terms de Muslimin de muslimisch de Muslimisierung, de muslimisieren de Kulturmuslim Related terms de Islam Further reading de Islam People Malay Etymology ms ar مُسْلِم one who submits. Pronunciation ms [mus.lem] [muz.lem] ms lim im 2 ms Mus lim Proper noun مسلم Muslimin Muslim-Muslim A en Muslim. ms orang Islam A male en Muslim. Derived terms ms Affixations muslimkan<t:to islamize> kemusliman Descendants id muslim See also ms Muslimah<t:a female Muslim> Further reading Northern Kurdish Alternative forms kmr Mislim Misliman Etymology kmr ar مُسْلِم. Pronunciation Proper noun m kmr male Declension m Tagalog Alternative forms tl Moslem Etymology tl ar مُسْلِم one who submits, possibly via tl en Muslim. tl ar س ل م tl Musulman. Pronunciation Muslím Noun Muslím + tl Islam en Muslim tl Musulman Mahometano Moro dimaporo slang Related terms tl Islam Islamista Adjective Muslím + tl Islam en Muslim Further reading tl People