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shafiite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shafi-ite
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence.

Etymology

From Shafi'i + -ite, from the founder's name.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shafiites (plural)

Questions

What does shafiite mean?
A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence.
Where does shafiite come from?
From Shafi'i + -ite, from the founder's name.

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