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say it: i-SLAHM
islam is a noun meaning "the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion". It carries 2 recorded senses.
the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion
“Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia”
the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
“Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion”
“the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for islam come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.