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· Arabic
الشَّرِيعَة
2 English words descend from Arabic
الشَّرِيعَة
, most common first.
shari'a
A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.
Shariyah
A poetess of the Abbasid era