Mu'tazili

English

Etymology

From Arabic مُعْتَزِلِيّ (muʕtaziliyy).

Adjective

Mu'tazili (comparative more Mu'tazili, superlative most Mu'tazili)

1. (Islam, historical) Of or relating to the Mu'tazila.
   • 2002, Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 89:

     They rejected the Mu'tazili notion of the createdness of the Quran, affirmed the contrary – its uncreatedness – and made this a fundamental tenet of faith, as a way of asserting the superiority of the Quran to all human reasoning and knowledge.

Translations

of or relating to the Mu'tazila

• Arabic: مُعْتَزِلِيّ (muʕtaziliyy)
• Hindi: मुताजिली (mutājilī), मुताज़िली (mutāzilī)
• Italian: mutazilita
• Persian: معتزلی (fa) (mo'tazeli)
• Urdu: معتزلی (mu'tazilī)

Noun

Mu'tazili (plural Mu'tazilis)

1. (Islam, historical) A follower of Mu'tazili Islam.

Translations

follower of Mu'tazili Islam

• Arabic: مُعْتَزِلِيّ m (muʕtaziliyy), مُعْتَزِلِيَّة f (muʕtaziliyya)
• Azerbaijani: mötəzili
• Hindi: मुताजिली m or f (mutājilī), मुताज़िली m or f (mutāzilī)
• Italian: mutazilita m or f
• Persian: معتزلی (fa) (mo'tazeli)
• Turkish: Mutezili
• Urdu: معتزلی m or f (mu'tazilī)
• Uzbek: moʻʼtaziliy

Synonyms

• Mu'tazilite