different between islam vs xeer

Albanian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????.

Adjective

islam m (feminine islame)

1. Islamic

Noun

islam m (definite singular islami)

1. Islam

Declension

Asturian

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam (religion)

Catalan

Noun

islam m (plural islams)

1. Islam

Cebuano

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of ????????? (?aslama), from the root ? ? ?? (s-l-m).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is?lam

Noun

islam

1. (historical) circumcision according to Muslim khitan rite

Verb

islam

1. (historical) to perform such circumcision

Related terms

• tuli
• girlo

Danish

Proper noun

islam

1. Islam

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (?isl?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?la?m/, /?s?l?m/, (dated) /??s.l?m/
• Hyphenation: is?lam
• Rhymes: -a?m, -?m

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

• islamiet

Related terms

• islamitisch
• moslim
• moslima

Finnish

Noun

islam

1. the religion of Islam

Declension

Synonyms

• muhamettilaisuus (archaic)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Salmi, limsa, salmi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.slam/

Noun

islam m (plural islams)

1. Islam

Derived terms

Further reading

• “islam” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• limas

Maltese

Alternative forms

• i?lam

Etymology

From Italian islam, from Arabic ??????? (?isl?m). The related word mislem (“Muslim”) was inherited from Arabic, but all other terms are learned borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?la?m/

Noun

islam m

1. Islam (religion)

Derived terms

• islamiku

Related terms

• mislem
• musulman

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m, “submission, surrender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??m/, /??l??m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

References

• “islam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??m/, /??l??m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

References

• “islam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m, “submission (to the will of God)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?is.lam/

Noun

islam m inan

1. Islam

Declension

Derived terms

• islamski

Further reading

• islam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French islam

Noun

islam n (uncountable)

1. Islam

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m, “submission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sla?m/
• Hyphenation: i?slam

Noun

ìsl?m m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. Islam

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?is?am/

Noun

islam m (genitive singular islamu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Islam

Declension

Related terms

• islamský

Further reading

• islam in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /í?slam/

Noun

?slam m inan

1. Islam

Inflection

Derived terms

• íslamski

See also

• muslimán

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (?isl?m, “submission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is?lam/, [is?lãm]

• IPA^(key): /is?lan/, [is?lãn]

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam

   Synonym: islamismo

Derived terms

See also

• musulmán

Swedish

Noun

islam n (indeclinable; genitive islams)

1. Islam (religion)

Related terms

• islamist
• islamistisk
• islamism
• islamsk

See also

• muslim

Anagrams

• Limas, mails, milas

English

Noun

xeer (uncountable)

1. The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.
   • 2005, Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

     In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.

   • 2007, Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa

     The key feature of the xeer is its common law character...