shar'i
/ˈʃɑːɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Shar’i and communal courts were abolished in Egypt as of January 1st, 1956, and unresolved suits transferred to the national courts."
- "[…] the municipalities and the Shar’i courts within the area of jurisdiction of the office concerned, as well as on the notice-board of the district court within the area of jurisdiction of which the said office is situated."
- "[…] and it follows that for some purposes the members of the Community must still appear before the Shar’i Courts for certain matters of personal status."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَرْعِيّ (šarʕiyy), from الشَّرْع (aš-šarʕ, “the Shar”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Shar + -i.