Mu'tazila

English

Alternative forms

• Mutazila, Mutazilah, Mu'tazilah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mu'‧ta‧zi‧la

Proper noun

the Mu'tazila (historical, Islam)

1. A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation.
2. (collective) The followers of this branch in Islam; the Mu'tazilis, the Mu'tazilites.

Derived terms

• Mu'tazilism
• Mu'tazilite

Related terms

• Mu'tazili

Translations

denomination in Islam

• Arabic: الْمُعْتَزِلَة (ar) f (al-muʕtazila)
• Azerbaijani: mötəzilə
• Hindi: मुताज़िला m (mutāzilā), मुताजिला m (mutājilā)
• Indonesian: muktazilah (id)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: موعتەزیلە (mu'tezîle)

• Pashto: معتزله f
• Persian: معتزله (fa) (mo'tazele)
• Turkish: Mutezile (tr)
• Urdu: معتزلہ m (mu'tazila)
• Uzbek: moʻʼtazila
• Western Panjabi: معتزلہ m (mʻtzlh)