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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).

    Similar: Abdul, asslifter, carpet kisser, children of Ishmael, goatfucker, hajji, Ishmaelite, Islamist, katwa, kebab, koranimal, Mahometan

Opposite: giaour, kafir

adjective more Muslim · most Muslim · Moslem

  1. 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

  1. 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

noun

Opposite: giaour, kafir

adjective

Opposite: non-Muslim, kafir

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noun believer of Islam

Españolmusulmán, musulmana, muslim, moro, muslime, mahometano
한국어이슬람교도 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
हिन्दीमुस्लिम muslim, मुसलमान musalmān, मुसलमानी musalmānī, मुसलिम muslim, मुहम्मदी muhammadī, मौसुल mausul
KiswahiliMwislamu
Portuguêsmuçulmano, muçulmana
Françaismusulman, musulmane
DeutschMuslim, Moslem, Mohammedaner, Muselmane, Muslimin, Muslima
Italianomusulmano, musulmana
Ελληνικάμουσουλμάνος mousoulmános, μουσουλμάνα mousoulmána
Românămusulman, musulmană
Русскиймусульма́нин musulʹmánin, мусульма́нка musulʹmánka, магомета́нин magometánin, магомета́нка magometánka
Tiếng Việtngười Islam, người Hồi, người Hồi giáo
العربيةمُسْلِم muslim, مُسْلِمَة muslima
עבריתמֻסְלְמִי, מוסלמי músl'mi, מֻסְלְמִית, מוסלמית musl'mít

adj relating to believers of Islam

Españolmusulmán, muslim, moro, muslime, mahometano, mahometista
한국어무슬림 museullim
日本語ムスリム musurimu
中文穆斯林 mùsīlín, 清真 qīngzhēn
हिन्दीमुस्लिम muslim, मुसलमान musalmān, मुसलमानी musalmānī, मौसुल mausul
Kiswahilimwiislamu
Portuguêsmuçulmano
Françaismusulman
Deutschmuslimisch
Italianomusulmano
Ελληνικάμουσουλμανικός mousoulmanikós
Românămusulman
Русскиймусульма́нский musulʹmánskij
Tiếng Việtmuslim, Hồi giáo, đạo Hồi, Hồi
العربيةإِسْلَامِيّ ʔislāmiyy
עבריתמוסלמי muslemi

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@misc{muslim_2026,
  title = {Muslim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muslim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}