sharia

See also: shari'a

English

Noun

sharia (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of shari'a

Anagrams

• Sarahi, Sariah

Danish

Alternative forms

• sharia
• shariah
• sharialov

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Noun

sharia (singular definite -, plural indefinite sharia)

1. (Islam) shari'a
   • 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 201:

     ”Sharia er ikke hele islam. Sharia er menneskeskabte fortolkninger af Koranen udformet i løbet af ...

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   • 2012, Aminah Tønnsen, Tror muslimer at jorden er flad?: 100 spørgsmål og svar om islam i det 21. århundrede, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Ordet sharia forekommer kun et enkelt sted i Koranen, hvoraf det tilmed tydeligt fremgår, at der  ...

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   • 2002, Torben Bramming, Hvad er et folk?: overvejelser over folkets danske og europæiske identitet, →ISBN:

     Sharia er måden, hvorpå man tolker koranen, så den kan give vejledning og retledning i moderne tider, hvor man ikke umiddelbart kan finde det problem, man står med, omtalt i koranen.

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Noun

sharia f (invariable)

1. (Islam) shari'a

Portuguese

Noun

sharia f (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of xaria

Spanish

Noun

sharia f (plural sharias)

1. sharia

Further reading

• “sharia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

sharia c

1. (Islam) sharia, shari'a

Declension

Declension of sharia
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sharia	sharian	—	—
Genitive	sharias	sharians	—	—

Derived terms

• sharialag (“sharia law”)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾia/, [ʃɐˈɾi.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: sha‧ri‧a

Noun

sharia (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜌ) (Islam)

1. shari'a (Islamic religious law)

Further reading

• “sharia”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018