English
Salafi
Salafi comes from Arabic سَلَفِيّ ‘Salafist, Salafi, having to do with Salafism’, and goes back to سَلَف ‘ancestors, forefathers, forebears’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَلَفsalaf‘ancestors, forefathers, forebears’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسَلَفِيّ‘Salafist, Salafi, having to do with Salafism’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Salafi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَلَفsalaf‘ancestors, forefathers, forebears’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسَلَفِيّ‘Salafist, Salafi, having to do with Salafism’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Salafi
Earliest quotation: 2016, David Patrikarakos, Progression through Regression: “Many Salafis are not violent; most are actually apolitical.”
Every English word from Arabic سَلَف
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to Salafism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic سَلَف / Salafi