# مسلم
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “to surrender, to become a Muslim”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mus.lim/

#### Noun

مُسْلِم • (muslim) m (plural مُسْلِمُون (muslimūn), feminine مُسْلِمَة (muslima))
* (Islam) Muslim
    Hyponyms: شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), سُنِّيّ (sunniyy)

##### Hyponyms

* مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid)

#### Adjective

مُسْلِم • (muslim) (feminine مُسْلِمَة (muslima), masculine plural مُسْلِمُون (muslimūn), feminine plural مُسْلِمَات (muslimāt))
* Muslim
* submitting, accepting, believing.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:46:وَلَا تُجَادِلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ وَقُولُوا آمَنَّا بِالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَهُنَا وَإِلَهُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَwa-lā tujādilū ʔahla l-kitābi ʔillā bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu ʔillā llaḏīna ẓalamū minhum wa-qūlū ʔāmannā bi-llaḏī ʔunzila ʔilaynā wa-ʔunzila ʔilaykum wa-ʔilahunā wa-ʔilahukum wāḥidun wa-naḥnu lahu muslimūnaMufti Taqi: Do not debate with the people of the Book unless it is in the best manner, except with those of them who commit injustice. And say, “We believe in what is sent down to us and sent down to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him we submit (ourselves).”

##### Descendants

* → Afrikaans: moslem
* → Chinese: 穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
* → Dutch: moslim
* → English: Muslim
* → German: Muslim
* → Japanese: ムスリム
* → Malay: Muslim
** Indonesian: muslim

#### Proper noun

مُسْلِم • (muslim) m
* a male given name

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of سَلَّمَ (sallama, “to preserve, to hand over intact, to accept”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.sal.lam/

#### Adjective

مُسَلَّم • (musallam)
* unimpaired, intact, unblemished, flawless
* accepted, uncontested, incontestable, indisputable, incontrovertible

##### Declension
#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Malay
### Proper noun

مسلم
* Jawi spelling of Muslim‎.

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَلَّم (musallam).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.sal.ˈlam]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säl.lǽm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säl.lǽm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.säl.lǽm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.säl.lǽm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.sæl.lǽm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.säl.lǽm]

#### Adjective

مسلم • (mosallam)
* indisputable, incontrovertible, certain, taken for granted
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 106:هرچند مسلم شودت دهر سلیمی در دیده میاور تو چنین مختصری راharčand musallam šawadat dahr-i salīmī dar dīda miyāwar tō čunīn muxtisarī rāEven though Selim's destiny is obvious to you, Do not appear [only] so briefly before his eyes.(Classical Persian transliteration)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).. Doublet of مسلمان (mosalmân).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mus.ˈlim]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊs.lɪ́m]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊs.lɪ́m]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊs.lɪ́m]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mus.lím]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mos.lém]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mus.lím]

#### Noun

مسلم • (moslem)
* (uncommon) Synonym of مسلمان (mosalmân, “Muslim”).

#### Proper noun

مسلم • (moslem)
* a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muslim

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مسلم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mus.lim/, [ˈmus.lɪm]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Adjective

مسلم • (muslim) (feminine مسلمة (muslime), common plural مسلمين (muslimīn))
* Muslim

### Noun

مسلم • (muslim) m (plural مسلمين (muslimīn), feminine مسلمة (muslime))
* Muslim

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسْلِم (muslim), borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊs.lɪm/

### Adjective

مُسْلِم • (muslim) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुस्लिम)
* Muslim; Islamic

### Noun

مُسْلِم • (muslim) m (Hindi spelling मुस्लिम)
* a Muslim (adherent of Islam)
    Synonym: مُسَلْمان (musalmān)