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"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܫܝܥܗ"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ܫܝܥܐ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šia",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "շիա"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "şiə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "şiəlik"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "şiə məzhəbi"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "şiə təriqəti"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiẏa",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "শিয়া"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiisme"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "什葉派"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Shíyèpài",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "什叶派"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "sjia"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "ŝijaismo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "šiialaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "shiialaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schia"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śiyā",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शिया"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sciismo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shīa-ha",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "シーア派"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şiitşıldık",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "шиитшілдік"
},
{
"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šī'a",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"Classical"
],
"word": "شِیعَه"
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{
"code": "fa-cls",
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"roman": "šī'at",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
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"word": "شِیعَةْ"
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{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "šī'a",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "شِیعَه"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "ši'e",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "شیعه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szyizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šiízm",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "шии́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chía"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "Şia"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "Şiilik"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "shi'e",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "شىئە"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "branch of Islam",
"word": "jiit"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Shi'a"
],
"word": "Shi'a"
}
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"English nouns with irregular plurals",
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"English terms derived from the Arabic root ش ي ع",
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{
"word": "anti-Shia"
},
{
"word": "anti-Shiism"
},
{
"word": "anti-Shiite"
},
{
"word": "inter-Shia"
},
{
"word": "inter-Shiite"
},
{
"word": "non-Shia"
},
{
"word": "non-Shiite"
},
{
"word": "pan-Shia"
},
{
"word": "pan-Shiism"
},
{
"word": "Shiadom"
},
{
"word": "Shiaphilia"
},
{
"word": "Shiaphobe"
},
{
"word": "Shiaphobia"
},
{
"word": "Shiastan"
},
{
"word": "Shi'iness"
},
{
"word": "Shiist"
},
{
"word": "Shiiteness"
},
{
"word": "Shi'itic"
},
{
"word": "Shi'ize"
},
{
"word": "Shi'ify"
},
{
"word": "Shiitize"
},
{
"word": "Shi'ization"
},
{
"word": "Shiification"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "شِيعَة",
"t": "sect, faction, party; collectively followers, partisans"
},
"expansion": "Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “sect, faction, party; [collectively] followers, partisans”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "شِيعَة عَلِيّ",
"3": "",
"4": "the faction of Ali; collectively the followers of Ali",
"tr": "šīʕat ʕalī"
},
"expansion": "شِيعَة عَلِيّ (šīʕat ʕalī, “the faction of Ali; [collectively] the followers of Ali”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "الشِّيعَة",
"3": "",
"4": "the Faction; the Followers"
},
"expansion": "الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Faction; the Followers”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ش ي ع"
},
"expansion": "[Template:root]",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “sect, faction, party; [collectively] followers, partisans”), as the word has been used in شِيعَة عَلِيّ (šīʕat ʕalī, “the faction of Ali; [collectively] the followers of Ali”) or الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Faction; the Followers”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Shi'as",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Shi'a",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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},
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Shiite."
],
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"Shiite#English"
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈʃiːə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːə"
}
],
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{
"word": "Shia"
},
{
"word": "Shiah"
},
{
"word": "Shi'ah"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "Schiah"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Shi'a"
],
"word": "Shi'a"
}
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