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Muslim
- /ˈmʊz.lɪm/ UK
- /ˈmʉz.lɪm/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈmɐz.ləm/ US
- /ˈmʊz.lɪm/ US
- /ˈmʊs.lɪm/
- /ˈmʊs.ləm/
Rhymes with -ɐzlɪm, -ʊzlɪm, -ʊslɪm
Where it comes from
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". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".
noun Muslims · Moslem
- An adherent of Islam. 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.
- A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference. 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.
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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).
Similar: Abdul, asslifter, carpet kisser, children of Ishmael, goatfucker, hajji, Ishmaelite, Islamist, katwa, kebab, koranimal, Mahometan
adjective more Muslim · most Muslim · Moslem
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Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
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.
Similar: Islamic
Opposite: non-Muslim, kafir
proper noun Moslem
- A barangay of Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: islamic, moslem, mohammedan, muhammedan, muhammadan, islamicist, mufti, islam, islamist, iran, quetta, oic, non-muslim, islami, islamique, islamists
adjective
Opposite: non-Muslim, kafir
Translations
Every language
noun believer of Islam
| Español | musulmán, musulmana, muslim, moro, muslime, mahometano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이슬람교도 iseullamgyodo, 회교도 hoegyodo, 무슬림 museullim, 모슬렘 moseullem |
| 日本語 | ムスリム musurimu, イスラム教徒 isuramu kyōto, 回教徒 kaikyōto |
| 中文 | 穆斯林 mùsīlín, 伊斯蘭教徒 /伊斯兰教徒 Yīsīlánjiàotú, 回教徒 huíjiàotú |
| हिन्दी | मुस्लिम muslim, मुसलमान musalmān, मुसलमानी musalmānī, मुसलिम muslim, मुहम्मदी muhammadī, मौसुल mausul |
| Kiswahili | Mwislamu |
| Português | muçulmano, muçulmana |
| Français | musulman, musulmane |
| Deutsch | Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedaner, Muselmane, Muslimin, Muslima |
| Italiano | musulmano, musulmana |
| Ελληνικά | μουσουλμάνος mousoulmános, μουσουλμάνα mousoulmána |
| Română | musulman, musulmană |
| Русский | мусульма́нин musulʹmánin, мусульма́нка musulʹmánka, магомета́нин magometánin, магомета́нка magometánka |
| Tiếng Việt | người Islam, người Hồi, người Hồi giáo |
| العربية | مُسْلِم muslim, مُسْلِمَة muslima |
| עברית | מֻסְלְמִי, מוסלמי músl'mi, מֻסְלְמִית, מוסלמית musl'mít |
adj relating to believers of Islam
| Español | musulmán, muslim, moro, muslime, mahometano, mahometista |
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| 한국어 | 무슬림 museullim |
| 日本語 | ムスリム musurimu |
| 中文 | 穆斯林 mùsīlín, 清真 qīngzhēn |
| हिन्दी | मुस्लिम muslim, मुसलमान musalmān, मुसलमानी musalmānī, मौसुल mausul |
| Kiswahili | mwiislamu |
| Português | muçulmano |
| Français | musulman |
| Deutsch | muslimisch |
| Italiano | musulmano |
| Ελληνικά | μουσουλμανικός mousoulmanikós |
| Română | musulman |
| Русский | мусульма́нский musulʹmánskij |
| Tiếng Việt | muslim, Hồi giáo, đạo Hồi, Hồi |
| العربية | إِسْلَامِيّ ʔislāmiyy |
| עברית | מוסלמי muslemi |
Talk about this word "Muslim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/muslim. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Muslim. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/muslim "Muslim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/muslim.Cite this
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title = {Muslim},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}