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shafi'i

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
shafi'i
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the Sunni madhhab centered around the ideas of the scholar al-Shafi'i (767–820 CE).

noun

A follower of the Shafi'i madhhab; a Shafiite.

Inflected Forms

more Shafi'i (comparative) most Shafi'i (superlative) Shafi'is (plural)

Questions

What does shafi'i mean?
Of or pertaining to the Sunni madhhab centered around the ideas of the scholar al-Shafi'i (767–820 CE).

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