المعتزلة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ز ل (ʕ-z-l)

From the feminine of مُعْتَزِل (muʕtazil), active participle of اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala, “to separate oneself from”), used collectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.muʕ.ta.zi.la/

Proper noun

الْمُعْتَزِلَة • (al-muʕtazila) f (historical, Islam)

1. the Mu'tazila (a denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation)
2. (collectively) the Mu'tazilis, the Mu'tazilites (the followers of this denomination in Islam)

Declension

Declension of noun الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمُعْتَزِلَة al-muʕtazila	—
Nominative	—	الْمُعْتَزِلَةُ al-muʕtazilatu	—
Accusative	—	الْمُعْتَزِلَةَ al-muʕtazilata	—
Genitive	—	الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ al-muʕtazilati	—

Derived terms

• مُعْتَزِلِيّ (muʕtaziliyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mötəzilə
• → Ottoman Turkish: معتزله (Mutezile)
  • Turkish: Mutezile
• → Persian: معتزله (mo'tazele)
• → Uzbek: moʻʼtazila