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muslim

/ˈmɐz.ləm/

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What does muslim mean?

noun

  1. An adherent of Islam.
  2. A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference.

adjective

  1. Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
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proper noun

  1. A barangay of Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.

noun

  1. (historical) A member of a predominantly Muslim South Slavic ethnic group (usually a Bosniak), irrespective of actual religious beliefs (used historically in Yugoslavia but persisting to some degree in some former Yugoslav states).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɐz.ləm/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmʊz.lɪm/
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It resembles the Central Asian states in its majority Muslim population, high structural unemployment, and low standard of living.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
Many militiamen from Christian and Muslim groups have evacuated Beirut for their strongholds in the north, south, and east of the country.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
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It is now Ramadan, and my Muslim friends are very thin and look glum.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
Political parties and leaders: United National Party (UNP), Ranasinghe Premadasa; Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Mhm.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
Clouston goes so far as to say: "Legends of the miracles of Isa, son of Maryam, found in the works of Muslim writers, seem to have been derived from the Kurán, and also from early Christian, or rather quasi-Christian traditions, such as those in the apocryphal gospels, which are now for the most part traceable to Buddhist sources."
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966