adj
Meaning 1
Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Muslim
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʊz.lɪm/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈmʉz.lɪm/
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US: /ˈmʌz.ləm/
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US: /ˈmʊz.lɪm/
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/ˈmʊs.lɪm/ more Arabized
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/ˈmʊs.ləm/ more Arabized
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rhymes with -ʌzlɪm
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rhymes with -ʊzlɪm
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rhymes with -ʊslɪm
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CMU ARPABET: M AH1 Z L AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M AH1 Z L IH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A barangay of Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An adherent of Islam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or supporting Islamism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Islamic art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Moslem, Islamic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a believer in or follower of Islam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Moslem
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
Narrower terms: Islamist, Jihadist, Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Sunnite, Sunni, Sunni Muslim, Moor, assassin, begum, caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah, fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir, hakim, hakeem, imam, imaum, mujahid, mujtihad, Mullah, Mollah, Mulla, Muslimah, Saracen, Sufi, Wahhabi, Wahabi, Fatima, Fatimah
History
Etymology
Borrowed around 1615 from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s l m), "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām) means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".
Across languages
Translations
334 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: moslem — relating to believers of Islam
- Arabic: إِسْلَامِيّ (ʔislāmiyy) — relating to believers of Islam
- Armenian: մահմեդական (mahmedakan) — relating to believers of Islam
- Asturian: musulmán — relating to believers of Islam
- Azerbaijani: müsəlman — relating to believers of Islam
- Belarusian: мусульма́нскі (musulʹmánski) — relating to believers of Islam
- Breton: muzulman — relating to believers of Islam
- Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нски (mjusjulmánski) — relating to believers of Islam
- Bulgarian: мохамеда́нски (mohamedánski) — relating to believers of Islam
- Catalan: musulmà — relating to believers of Islam
- Cherokee: ᎹᏏᎳᎻ (masilami) — relating to believers of Islam
- Chinese Mandarin: 穆斯林 (mùsīlín) — relating to believers of Islam
- Chinese Mandarin: 清真 (qīngzhēn) — relating to believers of Islam
- Czech: muslimský — relating to believers of Islam
- Danish: muslimsk — relating to believers of Islam
- Dutch: moslims — relating to believers of Islam
- Esperanto: muslima — relating to believers of Islam
- Finnish: muslimi- — relating to believers of Islam
- French: musulman — relating to believers of Islam
- Galician: musulmán — relating to believers of Islam
- Georgian: მუსლიმანური (muslimanuri) — relating to believers of Islam
- German: muslimisch — relating to believers of Islam
- Greek: μουσουλμανικός (mousoulmanikós) — relating to believers of Islam
- Gujarati: મુસ્લિમ (muslim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Gujarati: મુસલમાન (musalmān) — relating to believers of Islam
- Gujarati: મુસલમાની (musalmānī) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hebrew: מוסלמי (muslemi) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hindi: मुस्लिम (muslim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hindi: मुसलमान (musalmān) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hindi: मुसलमानी (musalmānī) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hindi: मौसुल (mausul) — relating to believers of Islam
- Hungarian: muszlim — relating to believers of Islam
- Hungarian: muzulmán — relating to believers of Islam
- Irish: Moslamach — relating to believers of Islam
- Irish: Mahamadach — relating to believers of Islam
- Italian: musulmano — relating to believers of Islam
- Japanese: ムスリム (musurimu) — relating to believers of Islam
- Kazakh: мұсылман (mūsylman) — relating to believers of Islam
- Kazakh: мұсылмандық (mūsylmandyq) — relating to believers of Islam
- Khmer: អិស្លាម (ihslaam) — relating to believers of Islam
- Korean: 무슬림 (museullim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Kyrgyz: мусулман (musulman) — relating to believers of Islam
- Luganda: by'abasiraamu — relating to believers of Islam
- Macedonian: муслима́нски (muslimánski) — relating to believers of Islam
- Maltese: mislem — relating to believers of Islam
- Marathi: मुस्लिम (muslim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Marathi: मुसलमान (musalamān) — relating to believers of Islam
- Norwegian Bokmål: muslimsk — relating to believers of Islam
- Norwegian Nynorsk: muslimsk — relating to believers of Islam
- Occitan: musulman — relating to believers of Islam
- Persian: مسلمانی (mosalmâni) — relating to believers of Islam
- Polish: muzułmański — relating to believers of Islam
- Portuguese: muçulmano — relating to believers of Islam
- Romani: xoraxano — relating to believers of Islam
- Romanian: musulman — relating to believers of Islam
- Russian: мусульма́нский (musulʹmánskij) — relating to believers of Islam
- Sanskrit: मौसुल (mausula) — relating to believers of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: муслимански — relating to believers of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: muslimanski — relating to believers of Islam
- Slovak: muslimský — relating to believers of Islam
- Slovene: muslimanski — relating to believers of Islam
- Sotho: leselamose — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: musulmán — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: muslim — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: moro — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: muslime — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: mahometano — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: mahometista — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: islamita — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: sarraceno — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: sarracín — relating to believers of Islam
- Spanish: agareno — relating to believers of Islam
- Swahili: mwiislamu — relating to believers of Islam
- Swedish: muslimsk — relating to believers of Islam
- Tajik: мусулмонӣ (musulmoni) — relating to believers of Islam
- Tamil: முஸ்லிம் (muslim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Turkish: Müslüman — relating to believers of Islam
- Turkmen: musulman — relating to believers of Islam
- Ukrainian: мусульма́нський (musulʹmánsʹkyj) — relating to believers of Islam
- Urdu: مسلم (muslim) — relating to believers of Islam
- Urdu: مسلمان (musalmān) — relating to believers of Islam
- Urdu: مسلمانی (musalmānī) — relating to believers of Islam
- Uyghur: مۇسۇلمان (musulman) — relating to believers of Islam
- Uzbek: musulmon — relating to believers of Islam
- Vietnamese: muslim — relating to believers of Islam
- Vietnamese: Hồi giáo — relating to believers of Islam
- Vietnamese: đạo Hồi — relating to believers of Islam
- Vietnamese: Hồi — relating to believers of Islam
- Volapük: slamanik — relating to believers of Islam
- Volapük: hislamanik — relating to believers of Islam
- Volapük: jislamanik — relating to believers of Islam
- Welsh: Mwslim (n) — relating to believers of Islam
- Welsh: Mwslimaidd (a) — relating to believers of Islam
- Afrikaans: moslem — believer of Islam
- Afrikaans: moslema — believer of Islam
- Albanian: mysliman — believer of Islam
- Albanian: myslimane — believer of Islam
- Amharic: ሙስሊም (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Arabic: مُسْلِم (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Arabic: مُسْلِمَة (muslima) — believer of Islam
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܵܐ (mišlmana) — believer of Islam
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܬܵܐ (mišlmanta) — believer of Islam
- Armenian: մահմեդական (mahmedakan) — believer of Islam
- Aromanian: musliman — believer of Islam
- Assamese: মুছলমান (musolman) — believer of Islam
- Asturian: mahometanu — believer of Islam
- Asturian: musulmán — believer of Islam
- Asturian: moru (despective) — believer of Islam
- Asturian: sarracenu — believer of Islam
- Avar: бусурманчи (busurmanči) — believer of Islam
- Avar: бусургьан (busurhan) — believer of Islam
- Azerbaijani: müsəlman — believer of Islam
- Bashkir: мосолман (mosolman) — believer of Islam
- Belarusian: мусульма́нін (musulʹmánin) — believer of Islam
- Belarusian: мусульма́нка (musulʹmánka) — believer of Islam
- Bengali: মুসলিম (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Bengali: মুসলমান (musolman) — believer of Islam
- Breton: muzulman — believer of Islam
- Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нин (mjusjulmánin) — believer of Islam
- Bulgarian: мюсюлма́нка (mjusjulmánka) — believer of Islam
- Bulgarian: мохамеда́нин (mohamedánin) — believer of Islam
- Bulgarian: мохамеда́нка (mohamedánka) — believer of Islam
- Bulgarian: мохамеданче (child) — believer of Islam
- Burmese: မွတ်စလင် (mwatca.lang) — believer of Islam
- Catalan: musulmà — believer of Islam
- Chechen: бусалба (busalba) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Cantonese: 穆斯林 (muk6 si1 lam4) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Cantonese: 伊斯蘭教徒 /伊斯兰教徒 (ji1 si1 laan4 gaau3 tou4) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Cantonese: 回教徒 (wui4 gaau3 tou4) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Mandarin: 穆斯林 (mùsīlín) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教徒 /伊斯兰教徒 (Yīsīlánjiàotú) — believer of Islam
- Chinese Mandarin: 回教徒 (huíjiàotú) — believer of Islam
- Chuvash: мусульман (mus̬ulʹman) — believer of Islam
- Chuvash: мӑсӑльман (măs̬ălʹman) — believer of Islam
- Maore Comorian: isilamu — believer of Islam
- Ngazidja Comorian: isilamu — believer of Islam
- Coptic: ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ (lahmi) — believer of Islam
- Coptic: ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ (lamitēs) — believer of Islam
- Cornish: Moslem — believer of Islam
- Cornish: Moslemes — believer of Islam
- Cornish: Sarsyn — believer of Islam
- Crimean Tatar: musulman — believer of Islam
- Czech: muslim — believer of Islam
- Czech: muslimka — believer of Islam
- Danish: muslim — believer of Islam
- Dargwa: бусурман (busurman) — believer of Islam
- Dutch: moslim — believer of Islam
- Dutch: moslima — believer of Islam
- Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེ (kha che) — believer of Islam
- Esperanto: islamano — believer of Islam
- Esperanto: islamanino — believer of Islam
- Estonian: muslim — believer of Islam
- Estonian: moslem — believer of Islam
- Estonian: musulman — believer of Islam
- Farefare: mõrɛ — believer of Islam
- Faroese: muslimur — believer of Islam
- Finnish: muslimi — believer of Islam
- French: musulman — believer of Islam
- French: musulmane — believer of Islam
- West-Frisian: Moslim — believer of Islam
- Galician: musulmán — believer of Islam
- Georgian: მუსულმანი (musulmani) — believer of Islam
- Georgian: მუსლიმი (muslimi) — believer of Islam
- German: Muslim — believer of Islam
- German: Moslem — believer of Islam
- German: Mohammedaner — believer of Islam
- German: Muselmane — believer of Islam
- German: Muslimin — believer of Islam
- German: Muslima — believer of Islam
- German: Moslemin — believer of Islam
- German: Mohammedanerin — believer of Islam
- German: Muselmanin — believer of Islam
- Greek: μουσουλμάνος (mousoulmános) — believer of Islam
- Greek: μουσουλμάνα (mousoulmána) — believer of Islam
- Gujarati: મુસ્લિમ (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Gujarati: મુસલમાન (musalmān) — believer of Islam
- Hausa: Musulmi — believer of Islam
- Hebrew: מֻסְלְמִי — believer of Islam
- Hebrew: מוסלמי (músl'mi) — believer of Islam
- Hebrew: מֻסְלְמִית — believer of Islam
- Hebrew: מוסלמית (musl'mít) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मुस्लिम (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मुसलमान (musalmān) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मुसलमानी (musalmānī) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मुसलिम (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मुहम्मदी (muhammadī) — believer of Islam
- Hindi: मौसुल (mausul) — believer of Islam
- Hungarian: muszlim — believer of Islam
- Hungarian: muzulmán — believer of Islam
- Icelandic: múslimi — believer of Islam
- Igbo: Muslim — believer of Islam
- Indonesian: orang Muslim — believer of Islam
- Indonesian: Muslim — believer of Islam
- Ingrian: mahomettiläin — believer of Islam
- Interlingua: muslim — believer of Islam
- Irish: Moslamach — believer of Islam
- Irish: Mahamadach — believer of Islam
- Italian: musulmano — believer of Islam
- Italian: musulmana — believer of Islam
- Japanese: ムスリム (musurimu) — believer of Islam
- Japanese: イスラム教徒 (isuramu kyōto) — believer of Islam
- Japanese: 回教徒 (kaikyōto) — believer of Islam
- Javanese: wong Muslim — believer of Islam
- Kannada: ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Kazakh: мұсылман (mūsylman) — believer of Islam
- Khmer: មូស្លីម (muusliim) — believer of Islam
- Kikuyu: muithiramu — believer of Islam
- Korean: 이슬람교도 (iseullamgyodo) — believer of Islam
- Korean: 회교도 (hoegyodo) — believer of Islam
- Korean: 무슬림 (museullim) — believer of Islam
- Korean: 모슬렘 (moseullem) — believer of Islam
- Kumyk: бусурман (busurman) — believer of Islam
- Central Kurdish: موسلمان (musilman) — believer of Islam
- Northern Kurdish: misilman — believer of Islam
- Kyrgyz: мусулман (musulman) — believer of Islam
- Lak: бусурман (busurman) — believer of Islam
- Lao: ມຸສລິມ (mus lim) — believer of Islam
- Latin: muslimanus — believer of Islam
- Latvian: musulmanis — believer of Islam
- Latvian: musulmane — believer of Islam
- Lezgi: мусурман (musurman) — believer of Islam
- Lingala: mozilmani — believer of Islam
- Lithuanian: musulmonas — believer of Islam
- Lithuanian: musulmonė — believer of Islam
- Luganda: omusiraamu — believer of Islam
- Luganda: abasiraamu — believer of Islam
- Macedonian: муслиман (musliman) — believer of Islam
- Macedonian: муслиманка (muslimanka) — believer of Islam
- Malagasy: Miozolmana — believer of Islam
- Malay: orang Muslim — believer of Islam
- Malay: Muslim — believer of Islam
- Malayalam: മുസ്ലിം (musliṁ) — believer of Islam
- Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯜ (pānggal) — believer of Islam
- Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯟ (pānggan) — believer of Islam
- Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯡꯘꯜ (pāngghal) — believer of Islam
- Manipuri: ꯃꯨꯁ꯭ꯂꯤꯝ (mus͟lim) — believer of Islam
- Marathi: मुस्लिम (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Marathi: मुसलमान (musalamān) — believer of Islam
- Middle Mongol: ᠰᠠᠷᠲᠠᠭ᠍ᠤᠯ (sartaɣul) — believer of Islam
- Mon: မူသလေန် — believer of Islam
- Mongolian: мусульман (musulʹman) — believer of Islam
- Mongolian: лал (lal) — believer of Islam
- Mongolian: ᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠮᠠᠨ (müsülman) — believer of Islam
- Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠯᠤ (lalu) — believer of Islam
- Moore: alsɩlaama — believer of Islam
- Moore: more — believer of Islam
- Nahuatl: mahomatlacatl — believer of Islam
- Nepali: मुसलमान (musalmān) — believer of Islam
- Norwegian Bokmål: muslim — believer of Islam
- Norwegian Nynorsk: muslim — believer of Islam
- Occitan: musulman — believer of Islam
- Odia: ମୁସଲମାନ (musalamāna) — believer of Islam
- Ossetian: пысылмон (pysylmon) — believer of Islam
- Pashto: مسلمان (mosalmān) — believer of Islam
- Pashto: مسلم (mosalam) — believer of Islam
- Dari: مُسَلْمَان (musalmān) — believer of Islam
- Iranian Persian: مُسَلْمان (mosalmân) — believer of Islam
- Iranian Persian: مُسَلْمون (mosalmun) — believer of Islam
- Polish: muzułmanin — believer of Islam
- Polish: muzułmanka — believer of Islam
- Portuguese: muçulmano — believer of Islam
- Portuguese: muçulmana — believer of Islam
- Punjabi: ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) — believer of Islam
- Romani: xoraxaj — believer of Islam
- Romani: xoraxani — believer of Islam
- Romanian: musulman — believer of Islam
- Romanian: musulmană — believer of Islam
- Russian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmánin) — believer of Islam
- Russian: мусульма́нка (musulʹmánka) — believer of Islam
- Russian: магомета́нин (magometánin) — believer of Islam
- Russian: магомета́нка (magometánka) — believer of Islam
- Sanskrit: मौसुल (mausula) — believer of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄н — believer of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: муслѝма̄нка — believer of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: muslìmān — believer of Islam
- Serbo-Croatian: muslìmānka — believer of Islam
- Shan: မူႇသလိမ်ႇ (mùu sǎ lìm) — believer of Islam
- Sindhi: مسلم (mslm) — believer of Islam
- Sindhi: مسلمان (mslmā̃) — believer of Islam
- Sinhalese: මුස්ලිම් (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Slovak: moslim — believer of Islam
- Slovak: moslimka — believer of Islam
- Slovak: muslim — believer of Islam
- Slovak: muslimka — believer of Islam
- Slovene: musliman — believer of Islam
- Slovene: muslimanka — believer of Islam
- Somali: muslim — believer of Islam
- Sotho: moselamose — believer of Islam
- Spanish: musulmán — believer of Islam
- Spanish: musulmana — believer of Islam
- Spanish: muslim — believer of Islam
- Spanish: moro — believer of Islam
- Spanish: muslime — believer of Islam
- Spanish: mahometano — believer of Islam
- Spanish: mahometista — believer of Islam
- Spanish: islamita — believer of Islam
- Spanish: sarraceno — believer of Islam
- Spanish: sarracín — believer of Islam
- Spanish: agareno — believer of Islam
- Sundanese: Muslim — believer of Islam
- Swahili: Mwislamu — believer of Islam
- Swedish: muslim — believer of Islam
- Tajik: мусулмон (musulmon) — believer of Islam
- Talysh: مسلمون (məsəlmun) — believer of Islam
- Tamil: முஸ்லிம் (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Tamil: முசல்மான் (mucalmāṉ) — believer of Islam
- Tamil: சோனகன் (cōṉakaṉ) — believer of Islam
- Tatar: мөселман (möselman) — believer of Islam
- Telugu: ముస్లిం (musliṁ) — believer of Islam
- Telugu: మొస్లెం (mosleṁ) — believer of Islam
- Thai: มุสลิม (mút-sà-lim) — believer of Islam
- Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེ (kha che) — believer of Islam
- Tigrinya: ኣስላማይ (ʾaslamay) — believer of Islam
- Turkish: Müslüman — believer of Islam
- Ottoman Turkish: مسلمان (müsliman) — believer of Islam
- Turkmen: musulman — believer of Islam
- Ukrainian: мусульма́нин (musulʹmányn) — believer of Islam
- Ukrainian: мусульма́нка (musulʹmánka) — believer of Islam
- Urdu: مُسَلْمان (musalmān) — believer of Islam
- Urdu: مُسْلِم (muslim) — believer of Islam
- Uyghur: مۇسۇلمان (musulman) — believer of Islam
- Uzbek: musulmon — believer of Islam
- Vietnamese: người Islam — believer of Islam
- Vietnamese: người Hồi — believer of Islam
- Vietnamese: người Hồi giáo — believer of Islam
- Volapük: slaman — believer of Islam
- Volapük: hislaman — believer of Islam
- Volapük: jislaman — believer of Islam
- Welsh: Mwslim — believer of Islam
- Welsh: Moslem — believer of Islam
- Yiddish: מוסולמאַן (musulman) — believer of Islam
- Yiddish: איסלאַמער (islamer) — believer of Islam
- Yoruba: Musulumi — believer of Islam
- Zulu: Muslim — believer of Islam
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