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shari'a

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ʃəˈɹiːə/
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1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of shari'a

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • The legislation of shari'a here is very strict.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Shar

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الشَّرِيعَة (aš-šarīʕa).

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghul: шариӏет — Islamic religious law
  • Albanian: sheriat — Islamic religious law
  • Arabic: شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa) — Islamic religious law
  • Armenian: շարիաթ (šariatʻ) — Islamic religious law
  • Azerbaijani: şəriət — Islamic religious law
  • Bagvalal: шаргӏ (šarˀ) — Islamic religious law
  • Bashkir: шәриғәт (şəriğət) — Islamic religious law
  • Basque: xaria — Islamic religious law
  • Belarusian: шарыя́т (šaryját) — Islamic religious law
  • Bengali: শরিয়ত (śoriẏot) — Islamic religious law
  • Bulgarian: шариа́т (šariát) — Islamic religious law
  • Catalan: xaria — Islamic religious law
  • Chechen: шарӏ (šarˀ) — Islamic religious law
  • Chinese: шәриэрти (šərierti) — Islamic religious law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙里亞 /沙里亚 (shālǐyà) — Islamic religious law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教法 /伊斯兰教法 (yīsīlán jiàofǎ) — Islamic religious law
  • Crimean Tatar: şeriat — Islamic religious law
  • Czech: šaría — Islamic religious law
  • Danish: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Danish: sharialov — Islamic religious law
  • Dargwa: шаригӏят (šariʿət) — Islamic religious law
  • Dhivehi: ޝަރީޢަތް (šarīʿat̊) — Islamic religious law
  • Dutch: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Esperanto: ŝario — Islamic religious law
  • Estonian: šariaat — Islamic religious law
  • Finnish: šari’a — Islamic religious law
  • Finnish: šaria — Islamic religious law
  • French: charia — Islamic religious law
  • Georgian: შარიათი (šariati) — Islamic religious law
  • Georgian: შარია (šaria) — Islamic religious law
  • German: Scharia — Islamic religious law
  • Greek: σαρία (saría) — Islamic religious law
  • Hebrew: שריעה (sharí'a) — Islamic religious law
  • Hindi: शरीयत (śarīyat) — Islamic religious law
  • Hungarian: saría — Islamic religious law
  • Indonesian: syariat — Islamic religious law
  • Italian: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Japanese: シャリーア (sharīa) — Islamic religious law
  • Kazakh: шариғат (şariğat) — Islamic religious law
  • Kazakh: шариға (şariğa) — Islamic religious law
  • Korean: 샤리아 (syaria) — Islamic religious law
  • Northern Kurdish: şerîet — Islamic religious law
  • Kyrgyz: шарият (şariyat) — Islamic religious law
  • Lak: шариаьт (šariät) — Islamic religious law
  • Latvian: šariats — Islamic religious law
  • Lezgi: шариат (šariat) — Islamic religious law
  • Lithuanian: šariatas — Islamic religious law
  • Macedonian: шеријат (šerijat) — Islamic religious law
  • Maguindanao: seriat — Islamic religious law
  • Malay: syariat — Islamic religious law
  • Malay: syariah — Islamic religious law
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Pashto: شريعت (šari'at) — Islamic religious law
  • Persian: شَرِیعَت (šarī'at) — Islamic religious law
  • Dari: شَرِیعَت (šarī'at) — Islamic religious law
  • Iranian Persian: شَریعَت (šari'at) — Islamic religious law
  • Polish: szariat — Islamic religious law
  • Portuguese: xaria — Islamic religious law
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਅਤ (śarīata) — Islamic religious law
  • Romanian: șaria — Islamic religious law
  • Russian: шариа́т (šariát) — Islamic religious law
  • Rutul: шарагьаӏт (šarahaʕt) — Islamic religious law
  • Serbo-Croatian: шерѝјат — Islamic religious law
  • Serbo-Croatian: šerìjat — Islamic religious law
  • Sinhalese: ෂරීආ (ṣarīā) — Islamic religious law
  • Slovak: šaría — Islamic religious law
  • Slovene: šeriat — Islamic religious law
  • Spanish: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Spanish: sharía — Islamic religious law
  • Swedish: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Tagalog: sharia — Islamic religious law
  • Tajik: шариат (šariat) — Islamic religious law
  • Tatar: шәригать (şäriğät) — Islamic religious law
  • Turkish: şeriat — Islamic religious law
  • Ottoman Turkish: شریعت (şeriʼat) — Islamic religious law
  • Turkmen: şerigat — Islamic religious law
  • Ukrainian: шаріа́т (šariát) — Islamic religious law
  • Urdu: شَرِیعَت (śarīyat) — Islamic religious law
  • Uyghur: شەرىئەت (sheri'et) — Islamic religious law
  • Uzbek: shariat — Islamic religious law