# islam
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Arabic إسلام.

### Adjective

islam (feminine islame)
* Islamic

### Noun

islam m (definite islami)
* Islam

#### Declension
## Asturian
### Noun

islam m (uncountable)
* Islam (religion)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [izˈlam]

### Noun

islam m (plural islams)
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* islàmic
* islamisme
* islamístic
* islamita
* islamitzar

#### Related terms

* muslim
* musulmà

### Further reading

* “islam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: is‧lam

### Noun

islam
* (historical) circumcision according to Muslim khitan rite

### Verb

islam
* (historical) to perform such circumcision

### Related terms

* tuli
* girlo

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈis.lɑm/

### Proper noun

islam
* Islam

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪsˈlaːm/, /ɪsˈlɑm/, (dated) /ˈɪs.lɑm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: is‧lam
* Rhymes: -aːm, -ɑm

### Noun

islam m (uncountable)
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* anti-islam
* islamiet

#### Related terms

* islamitisch
* islamofascisme
* moslim
* moslima

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈislɑm/, [ˈis̠lɑ̝m]
* Rhymes: -islɑm
* Hyphenation: is‧lam

### Noun

islam
* the religion of Islam

#### Declension

Possessive forms of islam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
islamini
accusative
nom.
islamini
gen.
islamini
genitive
islamini
partitive
islamiani
inessive
islamissani
elative
islamistani
illative
islamiini
adessive
islamillani
ablative
islamiltani
allative
islamilleni
essive
islaminani
translative
islamikseni
abessive
islamittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
islamisi
accusative
nom.
islamisi
gen.
islamisi
genitive
islamisi
partitive
islamiasi
inessive
islamissasi
elative
islamistasi
illative
islamiisi
adessive
islamillasi
ablative
islamiltasi
allative
islamillesi
essive
islaminasi
translative
islamiksesi
abessive
islamittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
islamimme
accusative
nom.
islamimme
gen.
islamimme
genitive
islamimme
partitive
islamiamme
inessive
islamissamme
elative
islamistamme
illative
islamiimme
adessive
islamillamme
ablative
islamiltamme
allative
islamillemme
essive
islaminamme
translative
islamiksemme
abessive
islamittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
islaminne
accusative
nom.
islaminne
gen.
islaminne
genitive
islaminne
partitive
islamianne
inessive
islamissanne
elative
islamistanne
illative
islamiinne
adessive
islamillanne
ablative
islamiltanne
allative
islamillenne
essive
islaminanne
translative
islamiksenne
abessive
islamittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
islaminsa
accusative
nom.
islaminsa
gen.
islaminsa
genitive
islaminsa
partitive
islamiaan islamiansa
inessive
islamissaan islamissansa
elative
islamistaan islamistansa
illative
islamiinsa
adessive
islamillaan islamillansa
ablative
islamiltaan islamiltansa
allative
islamilleen islamillensa
essive
islaminaan islaminansa
translative
islamikseen islamiksensa
abessive
islamittaan islamittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* muhamettilaisuus (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* islamilainen
* islamintutkija
* islaminusko
* islaminuskoinen

#### Related terms

* islamismi
* islamisti

### Further reading

* “islam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* Salmi, limsa, salmi

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.slam/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

islam m (plural islams)
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* islamique
* islamisation
* islamiser
* islamisme
* islamiste
* islamophobe

### Further reading

* “islam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* limas

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* iżlam

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian islam, from Arabic إسْلام (ʔislām). The related word mislem (“Muslim”) was inherited from Arabic, but all other terms are learned borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪsˈlaːm/

### Noun

islam m
* Islam (religion)

#### Derived terms

* islamiku

#### Related terms

* mislem
* musulman

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪslɑːm/, /ɪʂlɑːm/
* Rhymes: -ɑːm

### Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* islamisere
* islamisme
* islamist
* islamistisk
* islamsk

### References

* “islam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪslɑːm/, /ɪʂlɑːm/
* Rhymes: -ɑːm

### Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* islamisere
* islamisme
* islamist
* islamistisk
* islamsk

### References

* “islam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Islam, French islam, German Islam, ultimately from Arabic إسلام.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.slam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -islam
* Syllabification: i‧slam

### Noun

islam m inan (related adjective islamski or islamicki or islamiczny)
* Islam (monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an)
    Synonym: mahometanizm

#### Derived terms

* islamizacja
* islamizm
* islamoznawca
* islamoznawczyni
* islamizować impf
* zislamizować pf

#### Related terms

* islamistyczny
* islamofobiczny
* islamologiczny
* islamoznawczy
* islamistycznie
* islamofobicznie
* islamologicznie
* islamoznawczo
* islamista
* islamistka
* islamistyka
* islamofob
* islamofobia
* islamofobka
* islamolog
* islamolożka
* islamoznawstwo

### Further reading

* islam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* islam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* islam in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French islam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /is.ˈlam/
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: is‧lam

### Noun

islam n (uncountable)
* Islam

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǐslaːm/
* Hyphenation: i‧slam

### Noun

ìslām m (Cyrillic spelling ѝсла̄м)
* Islam

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisɫam/

### Noun

islam m inan (genitive singular islamu, declension pattern of dub)
* Islam

#### Related terms

* islamský

### Further reading

* “islam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /íːslam/

### Noun

ȋslam m inan
* Islam

#### Derived terms

* íslamski

### See also

* muslimán

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /isˈlam/ [isˈlãm]
** Rhymes: -am
* IPA: /isˈlan/ [isˈlãn]
** Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: is‧lam

### Noun

islam m (uncountable)
* Islam
    Synonym: islamismo

#### Derived terms

* islámico
* islamismo m
* islamista
* islamización f
* islamizar (verb)

#### See also

* musulmán

### Further reading

* “islam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

islam n (indeclinable; genitive islams)
* Islam (religion)

#### Derived terms

* islamkännare
* islamofob
* islamofobi
* islamofobisk
* islamolog
* islamologi

#### Related terms

* islamisera
* islamisering
* islamist
* islamistisk
* islamism
* islamsk

#### See also

* Allah
* Koranen
* Muhammed
* böneutrop
* moské
* muslim

### References

* islam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* islam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* islam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Liams, Limas, Malis, mails, milas