إسلام

إسلام

See also: اسلام‎

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ‎ (ʾaslama), from the root س ل م‎ (s-l-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.laːm/

Noun

إِسْلَام • (ʾislām) m

1. verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ‎ (ʾaslama) (form IV)
2. submission, resignation, reconciliation
3. religious submission to God, piety

   ‏الْإِسْلَام‎ ― al-ʾislām ― Islam (religion of Muslims)

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْلَام (ʾislām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْلَام ʾislām	الْإِسْلَام‎ al-ʾislām	إِسْلَام ʾislām
Nominative	إِسْلَامٌ ʾislāmun	الْإِسْلَامُ‎ al-ʾislāmu	إِسْلَامُ ʾislāmu
Accusative	إِسْلَامًا‎ ʾislāman	الْإِسْلَامَ‎ al-ʾislāma	إِسْلَامَ ʾislāma
Genitive	إِسْلَامٍ ʾislāmin	الْإِسْلَامِ‎ al-ʾislāmi	إِسْلَامِ ʾislāmi

Derived terms

• الْإِسْلَام‎ (al-ʾislām)

Descendants

• → Afar: isláam
• → Afrikaans: Islam
• → Bengali: ইসলাম (islam)
• → Albanian: Islam
• → Bashkir: ислам (islam)
• → English: Islam
• → Pashto: اسلام‎ (islām)
• → Persian: اسلام‎ (eslâm)
• → Polish: islam
• → Portuguese: islã, islão, islame
• → Urdu: اسلام‎ (islām)

Proper noun

إِسْلَام • (ʾislām) m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْلَام (ʾislām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِسْلَام ʾislām	—
Nominative	—	إِسْلَامٌ ʾislāmun	—
Accusative	—	إِسْلَامًا‎ ʾislāman	—
Genitive	—	إِسْلَامٍ ʾislāmin	—

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل م‎

Alternative forms

• أسلام‎ (ʔaslām, “Muslims”)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic إِسْلَام‎ (ʾislām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.laːm/, [ʔisˈlæːm]

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Noun

إسلام • (ʔislām) m

1. Islam
2. Muslims (collective)

   ‏الإسلام بصومو في شهر رمضان.‎‎

   il-ʔislām biṣūmu fi šahr ramaḍān.

   Muslims fast in the month of Ramadan.

See also

• مسلم‎ (muslim, “Muslim”)