شیعی

See also: شيعي‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ‎ (šīʕiyy). By surface analysis, ‎ (ši'e) +‎ ‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈʔiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈʔiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈʔiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈʔi/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	شیعی
Dari	شیعی
Tajik	шиъӣ (šiʾī)

شیعی • (ši'i)

Shi'ite
Coordinate terms: اباضی‎ (ebâzi), سنی‎ (sonni)

Noun

Iranian Persian	شیعی
Dari	شیعی
Tajik	шиъӣ (šiʾī)

شیعی • (ši'i) (plural شیعیان‎ (ši'iyân))

Shi'ite
Coordinate terms: اباضی‎ (ebâzi), سنی‎ (sonni)

‏‎‎
bištar-e ši'iyân-e davâzdah-emâmi dar hend, irân, 'erâq, âzarbâyjân, lobnân, afğânestân, pâkestân va kešvar-hâ-ye hâšiye-ye xalij-e fârs mânand-e yaman va bahreyn zendegi mi-konand.
Most Twelver Shi'ites live in India, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf like Yemen and Bahrain.

Related terms

تشیع‎ (tašayyo')
شیعه‎ (ši'e)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “شیعی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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