Mussulman

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Mussulman

  • /ˈmʌsəlmən/

Sounds like muscleman

Where it comes from

From Italian musulmano, from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان (müsliman), from Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). Etymologically not a compound of man, though the plural Mussulmen shows it was sometimes reinterpreted as such.

noun Mussulmans · Mussulmen · Moosulmaun · Musalman · Musulman · Musselman

  1. archaic A Muslim. The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim of glorious memory.

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noun archaic: a Muslim

हिन्दीमुस्लिम muslim, मुसलिम muslim, मुसलमान musalmān, मुसलमानी musalmānī, मुहम्मदी muhammadī
Portuguêsmaometano
DeutschMuselmane

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@misc{mussulman_2026,
  title = {Mussulman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mussulman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}