Muslim

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Pronunciation

• (more anglicized) IPAchar /ˈməz.ləm/, IPAchar /ˈmʌz.lɪm/
• (closer to Arabic) IPAchar /ˈmʊs.lɪm/~IPAchar /ˈmʊs.ləm/

Noun

1. A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.
   • 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.

   • 2006, Howard Greenstein, Kendra G. Hotz, John Kaltner, What Do Our Neighbors Believe? (ISBN 1611644119):

     Muslims invented the concept of zero, which is a foundation for the numbering system used throughout the world.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:Muslim

Translations

• French: musulman, musulmane
• German: Muslim, Moslem i both common; Mohammedaner i dated; Muselmane i archaic; Muslimin, Muslima, Moslemin i all common; Mohammedanerin i dated; Muselmanin i archaic
• Italian: musulmano, musulmana
• Portuguese: muçulmano, muçulmana
• Russian: мусульма́нин
• Spanish: musulmán, musulmana

Adjective

Muslim

1. Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

Synonyms

• Islamic

Antonyms

• non-Muslim
• kafir

Translations

• French: musulman
• German: muslimisch
• Italian: musulmano
• Portuguese: muçulmano
• Russian: мусульма́нский
• Spanish: musulmán

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