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".
Meanings
Being or relating to a believer of Islam.
Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election. 2023 November 22, Brammhi Balarajan, “US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. 2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:
es mahometista (relating to believers of Islam) · km អិស្លាម (relating to believers of Islam) · lg by'abasiraamu (relating to believers of Islam) · gu મુસલમાની (relating to believers of Islam) · kk мұсылман (relating to believers of Islam) · ca musulmà (relating to believers of Islam) · es muslime (relating to believers of Islam) · ro musulman (relating to believers of Islam) · rom xoraxano (relating to believers of Islam) · cy Mwslim (n) (relating to believers of Islam) · mk муслима́нски (relating to believers of Islam) · vi Hồi (relating to believers of Islam) · el μουσουλμανικός (relating to believers of Islam) · es agareno (relating to believers of Islam) · bg мюсюлма́нски (relating to believers of Islam) · es moro (relating to believers of Islam) · oc musulman (relating to believers of Islam) · sh muslimanski (relating to believers of Islam) · az müsəlman (relating to believers of Islam) · uk мусульма́нський (relating to believers of Islam) · eo muslima (relating to believers of Islam) · cy Mwslimaidd (a) (relating to believers of Islam) · ur مسلمان (relating to believers of Islam) · be мусульма́нскі (relating to believers of Islam) · es sarraceno (relating to believers of Islam) · af moslem (relating to believers of Islam) · sl muslimanski (relating to believers of Islam) · sa मौसुल (relating to believers of Islam) · chr ᎹᏏᎳᎻ (relating to believers of Islam) · vi đạo Hồi (relating to believers of Islam) · vo slamanik (relating to believers of Islam) · ru мусульма́нский (relating to believers of Islam) · fr musulman (relating to believers of Islam) · ga Mahamadach (relating to believers of Islam) · br muzulman (relating to believers of Islam) · vi muslim (relating to believers of Islam) · fa مسلمانی (relating to believers of Islam) · hu muzulmán (relating to believers of Islam) · ast musulmán (relating to believers of Islam) · hi मुसलमानी (relating to believers of Islam) · ug مۇسۇلمان (relating to believers of Islam) · kk мұсылмандық (relating to believers of Islam) · es mahometano (relating to believers of Islam) · cmn 穆斯林 (relating to believers of Islam) · ar إِسْلَامِيّ (relating to believers of Islam) · de muslimisch (relating to believers of Islam) · da muslimsk (relating to believers of Islam) · gl musulmán (relating to believers of Islam) · es sarracín (relating to believers of Islam) · es musulmán (relating to believers of Islam) · he מוסלמי (relating to believers of Islam) · es islamita (relating to believers of Islam) · hi मुसलमान (relating to believers of Islam) · fi muslimi- (relating to believers of Islam) · bg мохамеда́нски (relating to believers of Islam) · mt mislem (relating to believers of Islam) · ga Moslamach (relating to believers of Islam) · st leselamose (relating to believers of Islam) · ko 무슬림 (relating to believers of Islam) · vi Hồi giáo (relating to believers of Islam) · gu મુસ્લિમ (relating to believers of Islam) · it musulmano (relating to believers of Islam) · hi मौसुल (relating to believers of Islam) · mr मुस्लिम (relating to believers of Islam) · hy մահմեդական (relating to believers of Islam) · tk musulman (relating to believers of Islam) · ja ムスリム (relating to believers of Islam) · mr मुसलमान (relating to believers of Islam) · sv muslimsk (relating to believers of Islam) · nl moslims (relating to believers of Islam) · ur مسلمانی (relating to believers of Islam) · sh муслимански (relating to believers of Islam) · nb muslimsk (relating to believers of Islam) · hi मुस्लिम (relating to believers of Islam) · tg мусулмонӣ (relating to believers of Islam) · cmn 清真 (relating to believers of Islam) · cs muslimský (relating to believers of Islam) · pl muzułmański (relating to believers of Islam) · ur مسلم (relating to believers of Islam) · vo hislamanik (relating to believers of Islam) · sk muslimský (relating to believers of Islam) · hu muszlim (relating to believers of Islam) · ka მუსლიმანური (relating to believers of Islam) · ky мусулман (relating to believers of Islam) · tr Müslüman (relating to believers of Islam) · vo jislamanik (relating to believers of Islam) · sw mwiislamu (relating to believers of Islam) · es muslim (relating to believers of Islam) · ta முஸ்லிம் (relating to believers of Islam) · nn muslimsk (relating to believers of Islam) · pt muçulmano (relating to believers of Islam) · uz musulmon (relating to believers of Islam) · gu મુસલમાન (relating to believers of Islam)
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".
Meanings
An adherent of Islam.
Muslims invented the concept of zero, which is a foundation for the numbering system used throughout the world. 2006, Howard Greenstein, Kendra G. Hotz, John Kaltner, What Do Our Neighbors Believe?, →ISBN:
“At the end of the day, Jews and Muslims are cousins,” Alhomsi said. 2023 November 22, Brammhi Balarajan, “US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
It was gouerned by Macuac, which conditioned with Amrus that euery Egyptian should pay an Egyptian peece of Gold, and to entertaine three dayes euery Muslim which passed that way. 1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, fourth edition, page 1019: lines 19-21:
A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference.
Of course, the ⟨five⟩ pillars of faith do not represent all rituals important to Muslims; and ways were developed in which they could subsume other rituals under the politically safe rubrics of nationalism or culture, which from the earliest times until the 1980s were not generally topics attacked by the government. From this practice the concepts of 'cultural Muslim', 'ethnic Muslim' and, less frequently, 'nationalist Muslim' evolved. 2012, Cara Aitchison, Mei-Po Kwan, Peter Hopkins, Geographies of Muslim Identities: Diaspora, Gender and Belonging, →ISBN, page 147:
Unfortunately, unlike “secular Jew” or “cultural Jew”, the term “cultural Muslim” isn’t widely understood. 2020 July 6, Kia Abdullah, The i Paper:
These secular Muslims, identified on the basis of cultural origin, are recognized neither by devout Muslims nor by average citizens or mainstream media in the West. 2009, Haideh Moghissi, Saeed Rahnema, Mark Goodman, Diaspora by Design: Muslim Immigrants in Canada and Beyond, →ISBN, page 9:
(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).
bn মুসলমান (believer of Islam) · jv wong Muslim (believer of Islam) · sk moslimka (believer of Islam) · ko 모슬렘 (believer of Islam) · vi người Hồi (believer of Islam) · te ముస్లిం (believer of Islam) · af moslema (believer of Islam) · mni ꯃꯨꯁ꯭ꯂꯤꯝ (believer of Islam) · da muslim (believer of Islam) · as মুছলমান (believer of Islam) · kk мұсылман (believer of Islam) · ps مسلمان (believer of Islam) · zu Muslim (believer of Islam) · la muslimanus (believer of Islam) · oc musulman (believer of Islam) · ga Moslamach (believer of Islam) · or ମୁସଲମାନ (believer of Islam) · bg мохамеда́нче (believer of Islam) · ast sarracenu (believer of Islam) · ug مۇسۇلمان (believer of Islam) · sd مسلم (believer of Islam) · bo ཁ་ཆེ (believer of Islam) · th มุสลิม (believer of Islam) · os пысылмон (believer of Islam) · de Muslima (believer of Islam) · gur mõrɛ (believer of Islam) · ro musulman (believer of Islam) · cv мусульман (believer of Islam) · de Mohammedanerin (believer of Islam) · tly مسلمون (believer of Islam) · pl muzułmanin (believer of Islam) · mn ᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠮᠠᠨ (believer of Islam) · sq mysliman (believer of Islam) · es sarraceno (believer of Islam) · fo muslimur (believer of Islam) · ia muslim (believer of Islam) · nah mahomatlacatl (believer of Islam) · ko 회교도 (believer of Islam) · zdj isilamu (believer of Islam) · sl musliman (believer of Islam) · bn মুসলিম (believer of Islam) · sk moslim (believer of Islam) · av бусургьан (believer of Islam) · is múslimi (believer of Islam) · pl muzułmanka (believer of Islam) · mn лал (believer of Islam) · ms Muslim (believer of Islam) · id Muslim (believer of Islam) · de Moslemin (believer of Islam) · ja イスラム教徒 (believer of Islam) · ml മുസ്ലിം (believer of Islam) · tg мусулмон (believer of Islam) · kum бусурман (believer of Islam) · ckb موسلمان (believer of Islam) · cmn 回教徒 (believer of Islam) · hy մահմեդական (believer of Islam) · af moslem (believer of Islam) · so muslim (believer of Islam) · de Muslim (believer of Islam) · ru магомета́нин (believer of Islam) · ha Musulmi (believer of Islam) · mk муслиманка (believer of Islam) · rom xoraxani (believer of Islam) · sa मौसुल (believer of Islam) · yue 伊斯蘭教徒 /伊斯兰教徒 (believer of Islam) · bg мюсюлма́нка (believer of Islam) · km មូស្លីម (believer of Islam) · vi người Islam (believer of Islam) · uz musulmon (believer of Islam) · lg abasiraamu (believer of Islam) · ur مُسَلْمان (believer of Islam) · cy Moslem (believer of Islam) · ar مُسْلِم (believer of Islam) · mk муслиман (believer of Islam) · ig Muslim (believer of Islam) · ps مسلم (believer of Islam) · hi मौसुल (believer of Islam) · sk muslimka (believer of Islam) · lo ມຸສລິມ (believer of Islam) · fy Moslim (believer of Islam) · de Muselmane (believer of Islam) · ln mozilmani (believer of Islam) · sl muslimanka (believer of Islam) · aii ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܵܐ (believer of Islam) · uk мусульма́нин (believer of Islam) · hi मुस्लिम (believer of Islam) · fa-ira مُسَلْمون (believer of Islam) · bg мюсюлма́нин (believer of Islam) · uk мусульма́нка (believer of Islam) · yo Musulumi (believer of Islam) · ru мусульма́нка (believer of Islam) · hi मुहम्मदी (believer of Islam) · ky мусулман (believer of Islam) · de Muslimin (believer of Islam) · fa-ira مُسَلْمان (believer of Islam) · cop ⲗⲁⲙⲓⲧⲏⲥ (believer of Islam) · sh muslìmān (believer of Islam) · gu મુસલમાન (believer of Islam) · nl moslim (believer of Islam) · ast mahometanu (believer of Islam) · sw Mwislamu (believer of Islam) · bg мохамеда́нин (believer of Islam) · mni ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯜ (believer of Islam) · gu મુસ્લિમ (believer of Islam) · pa ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (believer of Islam) · he מוסלמי (believer of Islam) · kw Moslem (believer of Islam) · fr musulmane (believer of Islam) · mos more (believer of Islam) · mni ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯟ (believer of Islam) · sh муслѝма̄нка (believer of Islam) · aii ܡܸܫܠܡܵܢܬܵܐ (believer of Islam) · hi मुसलिम (believer of Islam) · ne मुसलमान (believer of Islam) · dz ཁ་ཆེ (believer of Islam) · de Moslem (believer of Islam) · lv musulmane (believer of Islam) · mos alsɩlaama (believer of Islam) · ca musulmà (believer of Islam) · be мусульма́нка (believer of Islam) · sd مسلمان (believer of Islam) · xng ᠰᠠᠷᠲᠠᠭ᠍ᠤᠯ (believer of Islam) · cop ⲗⲁϩⲙⲓ (believer of Islam) · hu muszlim (believer of Islam) · he מֻסְלְמִי (believer of Islam) · ta முசல்மான் (believer of Islam) · sh муслѝма̄н (believer of Islam) · lg omusiraamu (believer of Islam) · te మొస్లెం (believer of Islam) · vo jislaman (believer of Islam) · es mahometista (believer of Islam) · kn ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ (believer of Islam) · mg Miozolmana (believer of Islam) · sv muslim (believer of Islam) · dar бусурман (believer of Islam) · ast moru (despective) (believer of Islam) · es agareno (believer of Islam) · es musulmana (believer of Islam) · es sarracín (believer of Islam) · ko 무슬림 (believer of Islam) · ru магомета́нка (believer of Islam) · es moro (believer of Islam) · sk muslim (believer of Islam) · yi מוסולמאַן (believer of Islam) · et moslem (believer of Islam) · bg мохамеда́нка (believer of Islam) · mn ᠯᠠᠯᠤ (believer of Islam) · kw Moslemes (believer of Islam) · tt мөселман (believer of Islam) · de Muselmanin (believer of Islam) · ms orang Muslim (believer of Islam) · ko 이슬람교도 (believer of Islam) · id orang Muslim (believer of Islam) · it musulmano (believer of Islam) · crh musulman (believer of Islam) · el μουσουλμάνα (believer of Islam) · si මුස්ලිම් (believer of Islam) · el μουσουλμάνος (believer of Islam) · nb muslim (believer of Islam) · yue 回教徒 (believer of Islam) · hi मुसलमान (believer of Islam) · kmr misilman (believer of Islam) · et musulman (believer of Islam) · tr Müslüman (believer of Islam) · mn мусульман (believer of Islam) · ta சோனகன் (believer of Islam) · st moselamose (believer of Islam) · nn muslim (believer of Islam) · am ሙስሊም (believer of Islam) · it musulmana (believer of Islam) · rom xoraxaj (believer of Islam) · ja 回教徒 (believer of Islam) · izh mahomettiläin (believer of Islam) · ta முஸ்லிம் (believer of Islam) · es mahometano (believer of Islam) · sh muslìmānka (believer of Islam) · br muzulman (believer of Islam) · cv мӑсӑльман (believer of Islam) · gl musulmán (believer of Islam) · yue 穆斯林 (believer of Islam) · prs مُسَلْمَان (believer of Islam) · de Mohammedaner (believer of Islam) · be мусульма́нін (believer of Islam) · nl moslima (believer of Islam) · he מוסלמית (believer of Islam) · es musulmán (believer of Islam) · ast musulmán (believer of Islam) · vi người Hồi giáo (believer of Islam) · cmn 伊斯蘭教徒 /伊斯兰教徒 (believer of Islam) · cmn 穆斯林 (believer of Islam) · ce бусалба (believer of Islam) · eo islamanino (believer of Islam) · az müsəlman (believer of Islam) · ti ኣስላማይ (believer of Islam) · vo slaman (believer of Islam) · ru мусульма́нин (believer of Islam) · sq myslimane (believer of Islam) · vo hislaman (believer of Islam) · fr musulman (believer of Islam) · my မွတ်စလင် (believer of Islam) · fi muslimi (believer of Islam) · ga Mahamadach (believer of Islam) · shn မူႇသလိမ်ႇ (believer of Islam) · su Muslim (believer of Islam) · hu muzulmán (believer of Islam) · lez мусурман (believer of Islam) · cy Mwslim (believer of Islam) · pt muçulmana (believer of Islam) · ar مُسْلِمَة (believer of Islam) · es islamita (believer of Islam) · mni ꯄꯥꯡꯘꯜ (believer of Islam) · lt musulmonė (believer of Islam) · ka მუსლიმი (believer of Islam) · lbe бусурман (believer of Islam) · av бусурманчи (believer of Islam) · ja ムスリム (believer of Islam) · cs muslim (believer of Islam) · ur مُسْلِم (believer of Islam) · ki muithiramu (believer of Islam) · lt musulmonas (believer of Islam) · pt muçulmano (believer of Islam) · mnw မူသလေန် (believer of Islam) · lv musulmanis (believer of Islam) · kw Sarsyn (believer of Islam) · ba мосолман (believer of Islam) · mr मुसलमान (believer of Islam) · et muslim (believer of Islam) · swb isilamu (believer of Islam) · eo islamano (believer of Islam) · ota مسلمان (believer of Islam) · ka მუსულმანი (believer of Islam) · cs muslimka (believer of Islam) · tk musulman (believer of Islam) · es muslim (believer of Islam) · es muslime (believer of Islam) · he מֻסְלְמִית (believer of Islam) · ro musulmană (believer of Islam) · rup musliman (believer of Islam) · mr मुस्लिम (believer of Islam) · hi मुसलमानी (believer of Islam) · yi איסלאַמער (believer of Islam)
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".
Meanings
A barangay of Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.