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Islamic

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Is·lam  (s-läm, z-, släm, z-)
n.
1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God.
2.
a. The people or nations that practice Islam; the Muslim world.
b. The civilization developed by the Muslim world.

[Arabic 'islm, submission, from 'aslama, to surrender, resign oneself, from Syriac 'alem, to make peace, surrender, derived stem of lem, to be complete; see lm in Semitic roots.]

Is·lamic adj.
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Adj.1.Islamic - of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art"
Translations
Islamic [ɪzˈlæmɪk] ADJislámico

Islamic [ɪzˈlæmɪk] adjislamique
Islamic law → la loi islamique Islamic fundamentalists
Islamic fundamentalists nplfondamentalistes mpl islamiques

Islamic
adjislamisch

Islamic [ɪzˈlæmɪk] adjislamico/a
Islamic [ɪzˈlæmɪk] adjislamico/a

Islamic إسلامي islámský islamisk islamisch ισλαμικός islámico islamilainen islamique islamski islamico イスラム教の 이슬람교의 Islamitisch islamsk islamski islâmico исламский islamisk ของอิสลาม İslami thuộc đạo Hồi 伊斯兰教的


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