shari'a

See also: sharia

English

Alternative forms

• sharia, shariah
• sheriat (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Noun

shari'a (uncountable)

In some countries and regions, caning may be imposed on offenders for violating shari'a law.

1. (Islam) A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.

   The legislation of shari'a here is very strict.

Derived terms

• shariafication
• shariafy
• sharia law
• Sharia patrol
• Sharia police
• shariatic

 

Translations

Islamic religious law

• Aghul: шариӏет
• Albanian: sheriat (sq) m
• Arabic: شَرِيعَة (ar) f (šarīʕa)
• Armenian: շարիաթ (hy) (šariatʻ)
• Azerbaijani: şəriət
• Bagvalal: шаргӏ (šarˀ)
• Bashkir: шәриғәт (şəriğət)
• Basque: xaria (eu)
• Belarusian: шарыя́т m (šaryját)
• Bengali: শরিয়ত (bn) (śoriẏot)
• Bulgarian: шариа́т m (šariát)
• Catalan: xaria (ca) f
• Chechen: шарӏ (šarˀ)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: шәриэрти (šərierti)

  Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教法／伊斯兰教法 (yīsīlán jiàofǎ), 沙里亞 (shālǐyà)

• Crimean Tatar: şeriat
• Czech: šaría f
• Danish: sharia (da) c, sharialov
• Dargwa: шаригӏят (šariʿət)
• Dhivehi: ޝަރީޢަތް (šarīʿat̊)
• Dutch: sharia (nl) f
• Esperanto: ŝario
• Estonian: šariaat (et)
• Finnish: šari’a, šaria
• French: charia (fr) f
• Georgian: შარიათი (šariati), შარია (šaria)
• German: Scharia (de) f
• Greek: σαρία (el) f (saría)
• Hebrew: שריעה f (sharí'a)
• Hindi: शरीयत f (śarīyat), शरियत (hi) f (śariyat), शरीअत (hi) f (śarīat)
• Hungarian: saría
• Indonesian: syariat (id)
• Italian: sharia (it) f
• Japanese: シャリーア (sharīa)
• Kazakh: шариғат (şariğat), шариға (şariğa)
• Korean: 샤리아 (syaria)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şerîet (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: шарият (ky) (şariyat)
• Lak: шариаьт (šariät)
• Latvian: šariats m
• Lezgi: шариат (šariat)
• Lithuanian: šariatas m
• Macedonian: шеријат m (šerijat)
• Maguindanao: seriat
• Malay: syariat, syariah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sharia m

• Ottoman Turkish: شریعت (şeriʼat)
• Pashto: شريعت (ps) m (šari'at)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: شَرِیعَت (fa) (šarī'at)

  Dari: شَرِیعَت (fa) (šarī'at)

  Iranian Persian: شَریعَت (fa) (šari'at)

• Polish: szariat (pl) m
• Portuguese: xaria (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਰੀਅਤ (pa) f (śarīata)
• Romanian: șaria
• Russian: шариа́т (ru) m (šariát)
• Rutul: шарагьаӏт
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шерѝјат m

  Roman: šerìjat (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ෂරීආ (ṣarīā)
• Slovak: šaría f
• Slovene: šeriat m
• Spanish: sharia f
• Swedish: sharia (sv) c
• Tagalog: sharia
• Tajik: шариат (tg) (šariat)
• Tatar: шәригать (tt) (şärigat’)
• Turkish: şeriat (tr)
• Turkmen: şerigat
• Ukrainian: шаріа́т m (šariát)
• Urdu: شَرِیعَت f (śarīyat)
• Uyghur: شەرىئەت (sheri'et)
• Uzbek: shariat (uz)

Anagrams

• Sarahi, Sariah

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃà.rí.ʔàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃə̀.rɪ́.ʔàː]

Noun

shàr̆i'ā̀ f (plural shar̃i'ō'ī, possessed form shàr̆i'àr̃)

1. law, justice
   1. (in particular) shari'a (Islamic law)

Italian

Alternative forms

• sceriat (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).

Noun

shari'a f (uncountable)

1. shari'a