Alawin.adj.

Brit.

/ˈaləwi/, U.S.

/ˈæləwi/

Inflections: Plural Alawis, unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– Alawi, 1900s– ʿAlawi.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ʿAlawī.

Etymology: < Arabic ʿAlawī (follower or descendant) of ʿAlī , first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Compare Shia n. Compare also Alawite n. and adj.

Islam.

A. n.

A member of a branch of the Nusayri sect based mainly in northern Syria. Cf. Alawite n.Since 1924 also the preferred name for the sect as a whole.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [noun] > Shiite > person

Ismaelite1571

Shia1626

Zaidi1709

Shiite1728

Ansarian1787

Nusayri1792

Ismaili1820

Ansayri1824

sevener1835

Ismaelian1839

Alawi1874

Twelver1876

Alawite1922

Hezbollahi1981

1874 F. J. Goldsmid Tel. & Trav. viii. 446 These Kizilbash are considered a bad lot, and an orthodox Muslim will not eat with them. They also call them ‘Alawis’.

1921 Times 29 Mar. 7/3 The Musulman Alawis together with the Christian communities form an absolute majority of the Cilician population.

1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 424 The Alawi, Druses, and Metwali of western Syria all represent heretical Moslem belief combined with a more primitive animism and totemism.

1963 D. Peretz Middle East Today xiv. 349 The Alawis also expelled Syrian officials in 1939, giving the French an excuse to subdivide Syria again into autonomous regions as a foil against Arab nationalism.

2000 Church Times 16 June 2/2 Some Sunnis had made little secret of their desire to see power taken away from the Alawis.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating this sect or its members.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [adjective] > Shiite

Ismaelian1839

Ismaili1840

Nusayri1872

Alawi1877

Shiitic1884

Zaidi1885

Alawite1925

Amal1976

1877 F. M. Hunter Acct. Brit. Settlem. Aden i. 19 This river has its source in the hills beyond the Ameeri country, north of the Alawi territory.

1921 Times 29 Mar. 7/3 The..petition signed by the Chiefs of the Alawi Moslems (Shiahs) of Cilicia.

1931 Internat. Affairs 10 40 Today, these ex-Ottoman territories are broken up into a dozen separate States:..the Great Lebanon, the ʿAlawi State, the Syrian State, [etc.].

1995 Middle East Policy 3 74 Syria's authoritarian minority regime needs an external enemy to..divert attention from its Alawi character.

2000 Church Times 16 June 2/2 The Assad family are part of the minority Alawi community, who account for no more than 15 per cent of a population dominated by Sunnis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	alawi
释义	Alawin.adj. Brit. /ˈaləwi/, U.S. /ˈæləwi/ Inflections: Plural Alawis, unchanged. Forms: 1900s– Alawi, 1900s– ʿAlawi. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ʿAlawī. Etymology: < Arabic ʿAlawī (follower or descendant) of ʿAlī , first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Compare Shia n. Compare also Alawite n. and adj. Islam. A. n. A member of a branch of the Nusayri sect based mainly in northern Syria. Cf. Alawite n.Since 1924 also the preferred name for the sect as a whole. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [noun] > Shiite > person Ismaelite1571 Shia1626 Zaidi1709 Shiite1728 Ansarian1787 Nusayri1792 Ismaili1820 Ansayri1824 sevener1835 Ismaelian1839 Alawi1874 Twelver1876 Alawite1922 Hezbollahi1981 1874 F. J. Goldsmid Tel. & Trav. viii. 446 These Kizilbash are considered a bad lot, and an orthodox Muslim will not eat with them. They also call them ‘Alawis’. 1921 Times 29 Mar. 7/3 The Musulman Alawis together with the Christian communities form an absolute majority of the Cilician population. 1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 424 The Alawi, Druses, and Metwali of western Syria all represent heretical Moslem belief combined with a more primitive animism and totemism. 1963 D. Peretz Middle East Today xiv. 349 The Alawis also expelled Syrian officials in 1939, giving the French an excuse to subdivide Syria again into autonomous regions as a foil against Arab nationalism. 2000 Church Times 16 June 2/2 Some Sunnis had made little secret of their desire to see power taken away from the Alawis. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating this sect or its members. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [adjective] > Shiite Ismaelian1839 Ismaili1840 Nusayri1872 Alawi1877 Shiitic1884 Zaidi1885 Alawite1925 Amal1976 1877 F. M. Hunter Acct. Brit. Settlem. Aden i. 19 This river has its source in the hills beyond the Ameeri country, north of the Alawi territory. 1921 Times 29 Mar. 7/3 The..petition signed by the Chiefs of the Alawi Moslems (Shiahs) of Cilicia. 1931 Internat. Affairs 10 40 Today, these ex-Ottoman territories are broken up into a dozen separate States:..the Great Lebanon, the ʿAlawi State, the Syrian State, [etc.]. 1995 Middle East Policy 3 74 Syria's authoritarian minority regime needs an external enemy to..divert attention from its Alawi character. 2000 Church Times 16 June 2/2 The Assad family are part of the minority Alawi community, who account for no more than 15 per cent of a population dominated by Sunnis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1874
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