English
Shi'i
Shi'i comes from Arabic شِيعِيّ ‘Shiite’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشِيعِيّšīʕiyy‘Shiite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1877Shi'i
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentشِيعِيّšīʕiyy‘Shiite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1877Shi'i
Earliest quotation: 1877, J. W. Redhouse, Caliph;: “After him, they acknowledge as Imam, rejecting the term…”
A compound of الشِّيعَة ‘the Shi'a’ + ـِيّ ‘the nisba suffix, an extremely productive…’
Arabic شِيعَة ‘adherence, fellowship’
Arabic الشِّيعَة ‘the Shi'a’
Every English word from Arabic شِيعِيّ
Today it means
adj Synonym of Shiite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شِيعِيّ / Shi'i