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Alawite

Alawite

English

Noun

Alawite ‎(plural Alawites)

(Islam) A member of a mystical Shiite Islamic group that reveres Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib).
A person raised in the Alawite culture.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: alaviitti
French: alaouite (fr) m, f
German: Alawit m, Alawitin f
Greek: Αλαουίτης m ‎(Alaouítis)

Portuguese: alauíta m, f, alawita m, f
Swedish: alawit c
Turkish: Nusayrî