Shi'a
noun/ˈʃiːə/
Etymology From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “sect, faction, party; [collectively] followers, partisans”), as the word has been used in شِيعَة عَلِيّ (šīʕat ʕalī, “the faction of Ali; [collectively] the followers of Ali”) or الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Faction; the Followers”).
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Synonym of Shiite.
- Derived terms
- anti-Shia, anti-Shiism, anti-Shiite, inter-Shia, inter-Shiite, non-Shia, non-Shiite, pan-Shia, pan-Shiism, Shiadom, Shiaphilia, Shiaphobe, Shiaphobia, Shiastan, Shi'iness, Shiist, Shiiteness, Shi'itic, Shi'ize, Shi'ify, Shiitize, Shi'ization, Shiification