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Islam

/ˈɪs.lɑːm/
/ˈɪz.lɑːm/
/ɪsˈlɑːm/
/ɪzˈlɑːm/

Rhymes with -ɑːm, -æm

Where it comes from

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.

proper noun Islams · Islaam · Islām · Eslam

uncountable, usually A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an. “When people see a woman covered, or she is in modest attire, that represents Islam to them,” Lbhalla says. “So as a result, we are receiving the brunt of the hostility. They take out their fears or their hate for Islam and Muslims out on us.”
uncountable, usually Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion). It is no doubt true that other civilizations, prior to, or wholly alien to, the medieval West, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantium, Islam, or China, were familiar with forms of higher education which a number of historians, for the sake of convenience, have sometimes described as universities.
Similar: Mohammedanism, Moslemism, Muslimism, Islamism
uncountable, usually A male given name.
uncountable, usually A surname. “When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: islamism, muslimism, mohammedanism, muhammadanism, mohammadanism, islamization, muslim, islamicist, islamisation, islamist, moslem, shariah, sharia, sheikh, lads, religion

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name Abrahamic religion

Español	islamismo, islam
한국어	이슬람교 iseullamgyo, 회교 hoegyo
日本語	イスラム教 isuramu-kyō, 回教 kaikyō
中文	伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教 yīsīlánjiào, 回教 huíjiào, 清真教 qīngzhēnjiào
हिन्दी	इस्लाम islām, इसलाम islām
Kiswahili	Uislamu
Français	Islam
Deutsch	Islam
Italiano	islam
Ελληνικά	Ισλάμ Islám
Română	islam
Русский	исла́м islám, мусульма́нство musulʹmánstvo, магомета́нство magometánstvo
Tiếng Việt	Islam giáo, Hồi giáo, đạo Hồi
العربية	الْإِسْلَام al-ʔislām
עברית	אִסְלָאם 'islám

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@misc{islam_2026,
  title = {Islam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/islam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}