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Shiite

Shiite

See also: Shi'ite

English

Alternative forms

Shi'ite

Adjective

Shiite ‎(not comparable)

Of or relating to the Shi'a Islam.
Of or relating to Shiites.

Coordinate terms

Sunni

Translations

of or pertaining to the Shi'a branch of Islam

Arabic: شِيعِيّ m ‎(šīʿiyy)
Armenian: շիիթական ‎(šiitʿakan)
Catalan: xiïta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 什葉 (zh), 什叶 (zh) ‎(shíyè)
Dutch: sjiitisch (nl), sjiitische (nl)
Finnish: shiialainen
French: chi'ite, chiite (fr)
German: schiitisch (de)

Hungarian: síita (hu)
Japanese: シーア ‎(shīa)
Persian: شیعی ‎(shi'i)
Portuguese: xiita (pt)
Russian: шии́тский (ru) ‎(šiítskij)
Slovene: šiitski
Swedish: shiitisk
Volapük: jiitik

of or pertaining to the Shiites

Arabic: شِيعِيّ m ‎(šīʿiyy)
Armenian: շիիթական ‎(šiitʿakan)
Catalan: xiïta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 什葉 (zh), 什叶 (zh) ‎(shíyè)
Dutch: sjiitisch (nl), sjiitische (nl)
Finnish: shiialainen
French: chi'ite, chiite (fr)

German: schiitisch (de)
Hungarian: síita (hu)
Japanese: シーア ‎(shīa)
Persian: شیعی ‎(shi'i)
Portuguese: xiita (pt)
Russian: шии́тский (ru) ‎(šiítskij)
Slovene: šiitski
Volapük: (♂♀) jiitanik, (♂) hijiitanik, (♀) jijiitanik

Noun

Shiite ‎(plural Shiites)

A follower of Shi'a Islam; a Shi'a Muslim.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Shiitize

Translations

Shi'a — see Shi'a