Islamic

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

//ɪsˈlɑːmɪk//
//ɪzˈlɑːmɪk//
//ɪzˈlæmɪk//

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.
Muslims were recognized [in Bosnia and Hercegovina] as an ethnic nationality in 1969. Today the republic is 40 percent Islamic.
Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

noun

1
An Islamist.
This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.

Forms

plural: Islamics
comparative: more Islamic
superlative: most Islamic

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