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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa); the final /t/ is pronounced in very formal settings or in إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa, genitive construction).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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шариа́т (šariátm inan (genitive шариа́та, uncountable)

  1. (usually uncountable, Islam) shari'a (Islamic religious law)

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