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Where does “Mussulman” come from?

Mussulman derives from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان, from Persian مسلمان, from Arabic مُسْلِم, the active participle of أَسْلَمَ, ultimately from Proto-Semitic walad-.

Mussulman (English): A Muslim

Definitions

  1. A Muslim

Ancestry of “Mussulman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmusulmano—

Words derived from “Mussulman”

  • Mussulmanic
  • Mussulmanism
  • Mussulmanish
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