muktazilah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay muktazilah, from Classical Malay معتزلة, from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila, “the isolating one, Mu'tazila”), from اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala, “to isolate oneself, to disassociate”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /muʔtaˈzilah/ [muʔ.t̪aˈzi.lah]
• Rhymes: -ilah
• Syllabification: muk‧ta‧zi‧lah

Noun

muktazilah

1. (Islam, literally) those who isolate themselves
2. (Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the group of Muawiya and the group of Hasan (see the First Fitna)
3. (Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, pioneered by Wasil ibn Ata
4. (Islam) the Mu'tazila (A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation).

Further reading

• “muktazilah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.