People of the Book

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic أَهْل الْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb).

Noun

People of the Book pl (plural only)

(Islam) Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion.

Synonyms

People of the Scripture
Ahle Kitab (Persian, Urdu)
Ahl al-Kitab (Arabic)

Translations

Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion

Arabic: أَهْل الْكِتَابِ m pl (ʔahl al-kitābi)
Azerbaijani: kitab əhli
Catalan: gent del Llibre f
Dutch: mensen van het Boek m pl
French: gens du Livre (fr) m pl
German: Leute der Schrift pl
Gujarati: અહલેકિતાબ m (ahalekitāb)
Hebrew: עַם הַסֵּפֶר (he) m ('am haséfer)
Korean: 책의 사람들 (chaegui saramdeul)
Ngazidja Comorian: wandru wahe Shio class 2
Polish: Lud Księgi m
Swahili: Watu wa Kitabu class 2
Swedish: bokens folk n
Urdu: اِہْلِ کِتاب (ihl-i kitāb)

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