English
Mu'tazila
Mu'tazila comes from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة, and goes back to اِعْتَزَلَ ‘to isolate oneself from’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentاِعْتَزَلَiʕtazala‘to isolate oneself from’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُعْتَزِلَةmuʕtazila
- EnglishtodayMu'tazila
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentاِعْتَزَلَiʕtazala‘to isolate oneself from’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُعْتَزِلَةmuʕtazila
- EnglishtodayMu'tazila
Every English word from Arabic اِعْتَزَلَ
Today it means
name A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic اِعْتَزَلَ / Mu'tazila