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Shafi'i

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

Adjective

Shafi'i (comparative more Shafi'i, superlative most Shafi'i)

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

Noun

Shafi'i (plural Shafi'is)

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

Forms of Shafi'i

Adjective
comparativemore Shafi'i
superlativemost Shafi'i
Noun
pluralShafi'is

Questions about Shafi'i

What does Shafi'i mean?
Shafi'i means of or pertaining to the Sunni madhhab centered around the ideas of the scholar al-Shafi'i (767–820 CE).
What part of speech is Shafi'i?
Shafi'i can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Shafi'i in the dictionary

  1. Shaffren
  2. shaffron
  3. shaffrons
  4. Shaffs
  5. Shafi
  6. Shafi'i
  7. Shafiee
  8. Shafiite
  9. Shafiites
  10. Shafiq
  11. Shafiqs

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