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- Arabic · borrowed fromشِيعِيّ
- English todayShi'i
Borrowed from Arabic شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy), from الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Shi'a”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Shi'a + -i.
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Shi'i
Today it means: Synonym of Shiite. Full definition →
Arabic شِيعِيّ