"Mu'tazila" meaning in English

See Mu'tazila in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Mu'tazila [canonical], Mutazila [alternative], Mutazilah [alternative], Mu'tazilah [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مُعْتَزِلَة}} Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila), {{root|en|ar|ع ز ل}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Mu'tazila, {{tlb|en|historical|Islam}} (historical, Islam)
  1. A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created. Tags: historical Derived forms: Mu'tazilism, Mu'tazilite Related terms: Mu'tazili Translations (theological school in Islam): مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila) [feminine] (Arabic), mötəzilə (Azerbaijani), موعتەزیلە (mu'tezîle) (Central Kurdish), मुताज़िला (mutāzilā) [masculine] (Hindi), मुताजिला (mutājilā) [masculine] (Hindi), muktazilah (Indonesian), معتزله [feminine] (Pashto), معتزله (mo'tazele) (Persian), Mutezile (Turkish), معتزلہ (mu'tazila) [masculine] (Urdu), moʻʼtazila (Uzbek), معتزلہ (mʻtzlh) [masculine] (Western Panjabi)
    Sense id: en-Mu'tazila-en-name-XBYm-Byq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Islam Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Islam: 53 47 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

Noun

Forms: Mutazila [alternative], Mutazilah [alternative], Mu'tazilah [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مُعْتَزِلَة}} Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila), {{root|en|ar|ع ز ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Mu'tazila pl (plural only)
  1. The followers of this branch of Islam. Tags: historical, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Mu'tazila-en-noun-TSI-hR2K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Islam Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 45 55 Disambiguation of Islam: 53 47 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Mu'tazila"
  ],
  "word": "Mu'tazila"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Mu'tazila meaning in English (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "Mu'tazila"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Mu'tazila",
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}

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