sharia

Other forms of sharia

plural

sharias·

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.

Questions about sharia

What does sharia mean?

sharia means "the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed".

How many syllables are in sharia?

sharia has 3 syllables: sha-ri-a. The stress falls on "sha". In IPA it is /ˈʃɑɹiə/.

What is another word for sharia?

Close synonyms include shariah, shariah law, sharia law, Islamic law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sharia a common word?

sharia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.