Mussulman

See also: mussulman

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسلمان‎ (musulman), from Persian مسلمان‎ (mosalmân, “Muslim”), from Arabic مُسْلِم‎ (muslim, “Muslim”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌsəlmən/

Noun

Mussulman (plural Mussulmans or Mussulmen)

  1. (archaic) A Muslim.
    • 1626, George Emalcin, “The Saracenical History, […] Written in Arabike […] Englished, Abridged, and Continued to the End of the Chalifa’s”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, page 1013:
      The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim of glorious memory.
    • 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157:
      […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.

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