# Muslim

Pronunciation: US say "MUZ-luhm" /ˈmʌz.ləm/; UK say "MUUZ-lim" /ˈmʊz.lɪm/

## Noun

1. A person who follows and believes in Islam.
   - Simple: Someone who follows and believes in the religion of Islam.
   - _As a devout Muslim, she travels to Mecca whenever she can afford the journey._
   - _Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan._

## Adjective

2. Being or relating to Islam or to those who believe in it.
   - Simple: Relating to Islam or to the people who follow it.
   - _The Muslim community gathered at the mosque for Friday prayers._
   - _Distinctive art and architecture flourished across the Muslim world for centuries._

## Origin

Around 1615, English borrowed muslim, "one who submits," from Arabic مُسْلِم. Grammatically it is the active participle of the verb أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), "he submitted," which is formed on the three-consonant root س ل م (s l m), meaning "to be whole, intact." From the same root comes the verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām), literally "submission." In religious use, muslim means "one who has religious faith or piety."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/muslim (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).