adj
Meaning 1
Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Standard Lemma guide
Islamist
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adj
Meaning 2
Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.
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noun
Meaning 3
A Muslim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.
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noun
Meaning 5
A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.
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noun
Meaning 6
an orthodox Muslim
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Muslim, Moslem
noun
Meaning 7
a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Islamist From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: islamilainen — dated: relating to Islam
- Finnish: islaminuskoinen — dated: relating to Islam
- Greek: ισλαμικός (islamikós) — dated: relating to Islam
- Finnish: islamistinen — motivated by Islam in politics
- French: islamiste — motivated by Islam in politics
- German: islamistisch — motivated by Islam in politics
- Greek: ισλαμιστικός (islamistikós) — motivated by Islam in politics
- Norwegian: islamistisk — motivated by Islam in politics
- Norwegian Nynorsk: islamistisk — motivated by Islam in politics
- Russian: ислами́стский (islamístskij) — motivated by Islam in politics
- Swedish: islamistisk — motivated by Islam in politics
- Turkish: İslamcı — motivated by Islam in politics
- Yiddish: איסלאַמיסטיש (islamistish) — motivated by Islam in politics
- Armenian: իսլամիստ (islamist) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Azerbaijani: islamçı — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Basque: islamista — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Bengali: ইসলামপন্থী (islamponthi) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Catalan: islamista — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Czech: islamista — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Finnish: islamisti — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- French: islamiste — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- German: Islamist — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- German: Islamistin — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Greek: ισλαμιστής (islamistís) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Irish: Ioslamaí — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Kazakh: исламшыл (islamşyl) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Macedonian: исламист (islamist) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Norwegian Bokmål: islamist — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Norwegian Nynorsk: islamist — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Iranian Persian: اِسْلامگَرا (eslâm-garâ) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Polish: islamista — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Polish: islamistka — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Portuguese: islamista — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Russian: ислами́ст (islamíst) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Russian: ислами́стка (islamístka) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Swedish: islamist — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Tajik: исломгаро (islomgaro) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Turkish: İslamcı — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Uzbek: islomchi — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Yiddish: איסלאַמיסט (islamist) — person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
- Azerbaijani: islamşünas — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Czech: islamista — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Finnish: islamintutkija — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Italian: islamista — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Polish: islamista — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Polish: islamistka — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Polish: islamoznawca — person who specializes in Islamic studies
- Polish: islamoznawczyni — person who specializes in Islamic studies
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