the sharia

1. Alternative spelling of shari'a.
   • 1896, Rudolf C. Slatin, translated by F. R. Wingate, Fire and Sword in the Sudan, page 14:

     As such judgments were in entire opposition to the sharia (or Moslem religious law) as taught, the Mahdi strictly forbade the study of theology, and ordered all books of this description to be burnt; […]

   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 276:

     After all, Usamah had served the sadist Zangi and, if read in full, his account presents a picture of Islamic violence no less shocking to modern sensibilities: the collecting of Christian heads, the crucifying and bisections of their own soldiers and heretics, the severe punishments of Islamic sharia – and the story of how his father, in a rage, lopped off the arm of his page.

   • 2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.

Borrowed from Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

sharia (plural sharias)

2. A street in Arabic-speaking countries.
   • 1910, The Mediterranean Cruise‎^[2], pages 133–135:

     No little of Cairo’s popularity as a winter-resort is due to its many excellent Hotels: the chief being—Grand Continental, on the west side of the Esbekia between the Sharia Bulak and Sharia El-Moghrabi, with large terrace looking directly across the Sharia Kamel-Pasha (the chief modern thoroughfare) at the Gardens; Savoy (same management) at the Rond-point intersection of the Sharias Kasr-en-Nil and Suleiman-Pasha; D’Angleterre (also same management) quieter in Sharia El-Moghrabi, prettily situated […]

   • 1933, The Orient Observer‎^[3], page 34:

     The principal Sharias, as they call their streets, and the ancient Muski Bazaars, have shed their Oriental grandeur where once were displayed rich Egyptian and Persian carpets and shawls from Baghdad; […]

   • 1950, James Alan Thompson, Only the Sun Remembers‎^[4], page 57:

     The desperate, little streets opening off the great Sharias delve and wander in the protective darkness; […]

   • 1962, Harry Roskolenko, White Man, Go!‎^[5], page 101:

     But what Omdurman does not have in its sprawling loose ends of architecture and unnamed streets, Khartoum has with its cleaner named streets and sharias.

   • 1990, Mary Benson, A Far Cry‎^[6], page 26:

     After the gritty oppressions and smells of the day, jasmine scented the night air as we clipclopped in gharries down the sharias and around the midans in a city glamorous under the sapphire glow of black-out lamps.

   • 2003, Spain & Portugal, including Morocco‎^[7], page 715:

     […] some of the streets mentioned in this book may go by a different title (here they are listed in both French and Arabic when necessary). Rues and avenues may become zanqats, derbs, or sharias.

   • 2006, Meanjin‎^[8], page 72:

     Every sharia—every straight road—is four lanes wide and as neat as a pin.

• Sarahi, Sariah

• shariah
• sharialov

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

sharia (singular definite -, plural indefinite sharia)

1. (Islam) shari'a
   • 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 201:

     ”Sharia er ikke hele islam. Sharia er menneskeskabte fortolkninger af Koranen udformet i løbet af ...

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   • 2012, Aminah Tønnsen, Tror muslimer at jorden er flad?: 100 spørgsmål og svar om islam i det 21. århundrede, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Ordet sharia forekommer kun et enkelt sted i Koranen, hvoraf det tilmed tydeligt fremgår, at der  ...

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   • 2002, Torben Bramming, Hvad er et folk?: overvejelser over folkets danske og europæiske identitet, →ISBN:

     Sharia er måden, hvorpå man tolker koranen, så den kan give vejledning og retledning i moderne tider, hvor man ikke umiddelbart kan finde det problem, man står med, omtalt i koranen.

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From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

sharia f (invariable)

1. (Islam) shari'a

sharia f (uncountable)

1. alternative spelling of xaria

• “sharia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾja/ [ˈʃa.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: sha‧ria

sharia f (plural sharias)

1. alternative form of sharía

• “sharia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

sharia class IX (plural sharia class X)

1. alternative form of sheria (“law”)

sharia c

1. (Islam) sharia, shari'a

• sharialag (“sharia law”)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”), possibly via Spanish sharía or English sharia.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾia/ [ʃɐˈɾiː.jɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sjaˈɾia/ [sjɐˈɾiː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: sha‧ri‧a

sharia (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜌ) (Islam)

1. shari'a (Islamic religious law)

• “sharia”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018