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Shafiite

Shafiite 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.

Noun

Shafiite (plural Shafiites)

  1. 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.

Shafiite meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Arabic

Shafiite in Hindi

Translations
शाफ़ी śāfī

Shafiite in Bengali

Translations
শাফেয়ী śafeẏī

Shafiite in Arabic

Translations
شَافِعِيّ šāfiʕiyy

Forms of Shafiite

pluralShafiites

Origin of Shafiite

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

Questions about Shafiite

What does Shafiite mean?
Shafiite means 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.
What is Shafiite in Hindi?
Shafiite in Hindi is शाफ़ी (śāfī). See Shafiite meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Shafiite?
Shafiite is a noun.
What is the plural of Shafiite?
The plural of Shafiite is Shafiites.

Words near Shafiite in the dictionary

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

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