fatwa

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

bor+

(Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)


ayatollah

Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)).

der

آيَةُ اللّٰه


mufti

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin), the active participle of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

bor+

Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]

1680, Molière, “Acte IV, Scene V”, in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme [The Middle-Class Aristocrat], page 89:

The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]


fakir

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).


houri

→ Catalan: hurí

→ English: houri

→ German: Huri

Borrowed from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya), adjective and feminine singulative of حُور (ḥūr) from Classical Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ (ḥūrun ʕīnun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”).


ramadan

(Islam) Ramadan (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar)


sunnite

sunnites (plural)
sonnyte (alternative)
sounnite (alternative)


sunnite

fr-noun

sunnite m or f by sense (plural sunnites)

Spanish: sunita, sunnita


zaouia

Borrowed from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “corner, prayer room”).

bor+

(Islam) Alternative form of zaouïa (“zawiya”)


chahada

(Islam) shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)


achour

(Islam) ushr, a tax paid to a sultan (especially in Morocco)


hanéfite

fr-noun

hanéfite m or f by sense (plural hanéfites)


husseinite

(Islam) Relating to Hussein Ben Ali or to his branch of Islam


ouléma

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ʿulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)).

der

plural of <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">عَالِم</i> (ʕālim)


hégirien

fr-adj

hégirien (feminine hégirienne, masculine plural hégiriens, feminine plural hégiriennes)

hégirienne (feminine)
hégiriens (masculine plural)
hégiriennes (feminine plural)

le calendrier hégirien

the Hegirian calendar (the Islamic calendar)


kharidjite

fr-noun

kharidjite m or f by sense (plural kharidjites)


zaïdisme

zaïdismes (plural)
zaydisme (alternative)


ismaélien

ismaélien m (plural ismaéliens, feminine ismaélienne)

ismaéliens (plural)
ismaélienne (feminine)


kâfir

kâfir m or f by sense (plural kâfirs or kouffar)

kâfirs (plural)
kouffar (plural)
kafir (alternative rare)
kouffar (alternative rare)
kéfér (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

bor+

(Islam) kafir (non-believer; any non-Muslim)


ziarra

(Islam) a pilgrimage to the tomb of a saint


ftour

From Maghrebi Arabic فْطُور (fṭūr, “iftar”).

La télévision est également une bonne source d'information car elle diffuse à la fois les heures de prière et celle du ftour, repas marquant la rupture du jeûne. Le ftour est un repas léger.

2018, Maroc : Le petit guide des usages et coutumes, Hachette Tourisme, →ISBN:

Television is also a good source of information because it broadcasts both prayer times and the time of iftar, the meal that marks the breaking of the fast. Iftar is a light meal.

(Islam) iftar (evening meal during Ramadan)


que la paix soit sur lui

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu, “peace be upon him”).

calque

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ


que paix soit sur elle

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu, “peace be upon her”).

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur elle
que la paix soit sur elle#French

(Islam, rare) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur elle.


que la paix soit sur elle

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


que paix soit sur lui

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ

que la paix soit sur lui
que la paix soit sur lui#French

(Islam) Alternative form of que la paix soit sur lui.