Shiite

See also: Shi'ite and Shīʻite

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Alternative forms

• Shi'ite, Shīʻite

Etymology

From Shi'a +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːaɪt/
• Rhymes: -iːaɪt

Adjective

Shiite (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Shi'a.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Shi'a

Arabic: شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy) Armenian: շիիթական (šiitʻakan) Catalan: xiïta (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 什葉 / 什叶 (zh) (shíyè) Danish: shiitisk Dutch: sjiitisch (nl), sjiitische (nl) Esperanto: (please verify) ŝijaisma Finnish: shiialainen French: chiite (fr) German: schiitisch (de) Hungarian: síita (hu) Italian: sciita (it) Japanese: シーア (shīa), シーイー (shīī) Macedonian: шиитски (šiitski) Persian: شیعی (ši'i) Portuguese: xiita (pt) Russian: шии́тский (ru) (šiítskij) Slovene: šiitski Swedish: shiitisk Turkish: Şii (tr) Uzbek: shiiy (uz) Volapük: jiitik

Noun

Shiite (plural Shiites)

1. A member of the Shi'a.

   Hypernym: Muslim

   Hyponyms: Twelver, Zaydite

   Coordinate terms: Ibadite, Sunnite

Translations

member of the Shi'a

Arabic: شِيعِيّ m (šīʕiyy), شِيعِيَّة f (šīʕiyya) Armenian: շիա (hy) (šia) Azerbaijani: şiə Bengali: শিয়া (bn) (śiẏa) Catalan: xiïta (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 什葉 / 什叶 (zh) (shíyè) Czech: šíita (cs) m Danish: shia c, shiit c Dutch: sjiiet (nl) m Esperanto: ŝijaano, ŝijaisto Finnish: šiia (fi), shiia, shiialainen French: chiite (fr) m or f German: Schiit (de) m, Schiitin (de) f Hebrew: שיעי Hindi: शिया (hi) m (śiyā) Hungarian: síita (hu) Italian: sciita (it) m or f Japanese: シーア (shīa), シーイー (shīī) Kazakh: шиит (şiit) Macedonian: шиит m (šiit) Persian: شیعی (fa) (ši'i) Polish: szyita (pl) m Portuguese: xiita (pt) m or f Romanian: șiit (ro) m, șiită (ro) f Russian: шии́т (ru) m (šiít) Slovene: šiit m Spanish: chiíta m or f Turkish: Şii (tr) Volapük: (♂♀) jiitan, (♂) hijiitan, (♀) jijiitan

Synonyms

• Shi'i Muslim, Shi'i, Shi'a Muslim, Shi'a, (derogatory) rafidi

Derived terms

• Shiiteness
• Shiitic
• Shiitism
• Shiitize
  • Shiitization

Related terms

• Shi'i
• Shi'ism

Anagrams

• heitis