ISIS

See also: isis, Isis, and Ísis

English

Etymology

An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsɪs/
• Homophone: Isis

Proper noun

ISIS

1. A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. [from 2013]

Alternative forms

• Isis
• Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
• Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Synonyms

• (Extremist group): Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)

Derived terms

• ISIS-K

 

Translations

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

• Arabic: دَاعِش m or f (dāʕiš), الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام f (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām)
• Belarusian: ІДІ́Л m or f (IDÍL)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ISIS (ISIS), 伊斯蘭國／伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán Guó)

• Dutch: ISIS (nl)
• Finnish: Isis (fi)
• French: EIIL m, Daech (fr) m
• German: ISIS (de) m or f, ISIL (de) f, ISIG m or f, Daesch (de) m
• Greek: ΙΚΙΣ n (IKIS) (Ισλαμικό Κράτος στο Ιράκ και την Συρία (Islamikó Krátos sto Irák kai tin Syría))
• Hebrew: דאע״ש m or m pl (da'e"sh)
• Japanese: ISIS (ISIS), アイシス (aishisu), イラク・レバントのイスラム国 (Iraku Rebanto no Isuramu-koku)
• Korean: ISIS (ISIS), 이라크 레반트 이슬람국 (Irakeu Rebanteu iseullamguk), 이슬람국 (Iseullamguk), 이라크 시리아 이슬람국 (Irakeu Siria iseullamguk)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: DAÎŞ (ku) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ISIS m

• Persian:

  Dari: دَاعِش (dā'iš)

  Iranian Persian: داعِش (dâ'eš), دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و شام (dowlat-e eslâmi erâğ o šâm), دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و سورِیِه (dowlat-e eslâmi erâğ o suriye)

• Portuguese: ISIS (pt) m
• Russian: ИГИ́Л (ru) m or f or n (IGÍL), ДА́ИШ (ru) m (DÁIŠ), ИГ (ru) m or n (IG)
• Spanish: ISIS m
• Swedish: ISIS (sv) c
• Turkish: IŞİD (tr)
• Ukrainian: ІДІ́Л m or f (IDÍL), ДА́ІШ m (DÁIŠ)
• Urdu: داعِش m (dā'iś), دَولَتِ اِسْلامِیَہ بَرائے عِراق و شام f (daulat-i islāmiya barāe 'irāq o śām)
• Uyghur: دائىش (da'ish)

Anagrams

• IISS

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisis/, [ˈis̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification^(key): I‧SIS

Proper noun

ISIS

1. Alternative letter-case form of Isis (“Islamic State”).

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico

German

Alternative forms

• Isis

Etymology

Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien

Noun

ISIS m or f

1. ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS

   Synonyms: ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

See also

• Islamischer Staat, IS

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zis/
• Homophone: Ísis

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islâmico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: I‧SIS

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico