مسلمان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).
Noun
مسلمان • (müsliman)
- Muslim
Descendants
- Turkish: Müslüman
- → Albanian: mysliman
- → Crimean Tatar: musulman
- → Italian: musulmano
- → German: Muselman
- → Estonian: musulman
- → Swedish: muselman
- → French: musulman
- → Galician: musulmán
- → English: Mussulman
- → Maltese: musulman
- → Portuguese: muçulmano
- → Romanian: musulman
- → Spanish: musulmán
- → German: Muselman
- → Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нин (mjusjulmánin)
- → Greek: μουσουλμάνος (mousoulmános)
- → Macedonian: муслиман (musliman)
- → Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄н / muslìmān
- → Slovene: muslimȃn
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /musalˈmɑːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /mʊsalˈmɑːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /mosælˈmɒːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /musalˈmɔn/
Noun
Dari | مسلمان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | мусалмон (musalmon) |
مسلمان • (mosalmân) (plural مسلمانان (mosalmânân) or مسلمین (moslemin) or مسلمانها (mosalmân-hâ))
- Muslim
Inflection
Basic forms of مسلمان (mosalmân) | ||
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singular | plural | |
bare | مسلمان (mosalmân) | مسلمانان (mosalmânấn) مسلمانا △ (mosalmânấ) |
definitive direct object | مسلمان را (mosalmân râ) مسلمان رو △ (mosalmâno) | مسلمانان را (mosalmânấn râ) مسلمانا رو △ (mosalmânấ ro) |
ezâfe | مسلمان (mosalmân-e) | مسلمانان (mosalmânấn-e) مسلمانای △ (mosalmânấ-ye) |
marked indefinite or relative definite | مسلمانی (mosalmân-i) | مسلمانانی (mosalmânấn-i) مسلمانایی △ (mosalmânấi) |
△ Colloquial. |
Predicative forms of مسلمان (mosalmân) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“I am, we are”) | مسلمانم (mosalmânam) | مسلمانیم (mosalmânim) |
2nd person (“you are”) | مسلمانی (mosalmâni) | مسلمانید (mosalmânid) مسلمانین △ (mosalmânin) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) | مسلمان است (mosalmân ast) مسلمانه △ (mosalmâne) | مسلمانند (mosalmânand) مسلمانن △ (mosalmânan) |
△ Colloquial. |
Related terms
- مسلمانی (mosalmâni)
- اسلام (eslâm)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: müsəlman
- → Bashkir: мосолман (mosolman)
- → Bengali: মুসলমান (musôlman)
- → Gujarati: મુસલમાન (musalmān)
- → Old Hindi: मुसलमांन (musalamā̃na)
- Hindustani: musalmān
- Hindi: मुसलमान
- Urdu: مُسَلْمَان
- Hindustani: musalmān
- → Kazakh: мұсылман (mūsylman)
- → Kyrgyz: мусулман (musulman)
- → Lak: бусурман (busurman)
- → Maithili:
- Devanagari: मुसलमान (musalᵊmān)
- Tirhuta: 𑒧𑒳𑒮𑒪𑒧𑒰𑒢 (musalamāna)
- → Marathi: मुसलमान (musalmān)
- → Mongolian: мусульман (musulʹman)
- → Oriya: ମୁସଲମାନ (musôlômanô)
- → Tatar: мөселман (möselman)
- → Belarusian: мусульма́нін (musulʹmánin)
- → Russian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmánin)
- → Ukrainian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmányn)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مسلمان
- Turkish: Müslüman
- → Albanian: mysliman
- → Crimean Tatar: musulman
- → Italian: musulmano
- → German: Muselman
- → Estonian: musulman
- → Swedish: muselman
- → French: musulman
- → Galician: musulmán
- → English: Mussulman
- → Maltese: musulman
- → Portuguese: muçulmano
- → Romanian: musulman
- → Spanish: musulmán
- → German: Muselman
- → Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нин (mjusjulmánin)
- → Greek: μουσουλμάνος (mousoulmános)
- → Macedonian: муслиман (musliman)
- → Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄н / muslìmān
- → Slovene: muslimȃn
- → Old Punjabi: ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ (musalamāṇu), ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨੁ (musalamānu)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān)
- Shahmukhi: مُسَلمان (musalmān)
- Punjabi:
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic: مُسلْمان
- Devanagari: मुसलमान
- → Uyghur: مۇسۇلمان (musulman)
- → Uzbek: musulmon
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian مسلمان (musalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Compare Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسَلمان (musalmān), Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Marathi मुसलमान (musalmān), Bengali মুসলমান (musôlman). First attested as Old Hindi मुसलमांन (musalamā̃na).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.səl.mɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: مُ‧سَل‧مان
Noun
مُسَلمان • (musalmān) m (Hindi spelling मुसलमान)
- (Islam) Muslim
Further reading
- “مسلمان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مسلمان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مسلمان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “مسلمان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.