Mussulman
See also: mussulman
English
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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)
- (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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