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mu'tazila

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Mu'-ta-zi-la
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.

noun

The followers of this branch of Islam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مُعْتَزِلَة, ع ز ل

Inflected Forms

the Mu'tazila (canonical) Mutazila (alternative) Mutazilah (alternative) Mu'tazilah (alternative)

Derived Forms

Mu'tazilism Mu'tazilite

Frequently Paired Words

Mu'tazili

Questions

What does mu'tazila mean?
A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.
Where does mu'tazila come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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