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madhhab

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: [ˈmæð.hæb]
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noun

Meaning 1

A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab, “way of going off; doctrine, school”).

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَذْهَب (maḏhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Azerbaijani: məzhəb — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Bashkir: мәҙһәб (məźhəb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Bengali: মাযহাব (majhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教神學派別 /伊斯兰教神学派别 (Yīsīlánjiào shénxué pàibié) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • French: madhhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • French: mazhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • French: madhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Georgian: მაზჰაბი (mazhabi) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • German: Madhhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Hindi: मज़हब (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Indonesian: mazhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Italian: madhhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Italian: madh'hab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Japanese: マズハブ (mazuhabu) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Kazakh: мазһаб (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Northern Kurdish: mezheb — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Malay: mazhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Pashto: مذهب (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Dari: مَذْهَب (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Iranian Persian: مَذْهَب (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Russian: мазха́б (mazxáb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѐзхеб — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Serbo-Croatian: mèzheb — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Sundanese: madhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Tajik: мазҳаб (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Tatar: мәзһәб (mäzhäb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Turkish: mezhep — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Ottoman Turkish: مذهب (mezheb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Turkmen: mezhep — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Ukrainian: мазга́б (mazháb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Ukrainian: мазха́б (mazxáb) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Urdu: مَذْہَبْ (mazhab) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Uyghur: مەزھەپ (mez'hep) — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence
  • Uzbek: mazhab — a school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence