Druze

See also: druze and druže

English

Etymology

From Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdruːz/

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Proper noun

Druze

1. (religion) A secretive religious community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

Noun

Druze (plural Druze or Druzes)

1. A member of this community.
   • 1950 February 27, “Druzes in Israel Elect Council”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     At Acre, 15,000 Druzes elected a six-member council comprising sheiks and mukhtars, their first official representative body since the establishment of Israel.

   • 2023 October 29, Thomas L. Friedman, “Please, Israel, Don’t Get Lost in Hamas’s Tunnels”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religionist; agnostic,‎ Asatruar,‎ atheist,‎ Baháʼí,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Druze,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Rodnover,‎ Samaritan,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Yahwist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Translations

collective Druze

• Arabic: مُوَحِّدُون دُرُوز m pl (muwaḥḥidūn durūz), مُوَحِّدُون m pl (muwaḥḥidūn), دُرُوز m pl (durūz)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܪ̈ܘܼܙܵܝܹܐ m pl (drūzāyē)
• Dutch: druzen (nl) pl
• Finnish: druusit pl
• French: Druzes (fr) pl
• Georgian: დრუზები (druzebi)
• German: Drusen (de) pl
• Hebrew: דרוזים m (druzim)
• Hindi: ड्रूज़ m (ḍrūz)
• Italian: druso (it) m
• Japanese: ドゥルーズ派 (durūzu-ha)
• Portuguese: drusos m pl
• Russian: дру́зы m pl (drúzy)

individual Druze

• Arabic: دُرْزِيّ m (durziyy), دُرْزِيَّة f (durziyya)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܪܘܼܙܵܝܵܐ m (drūzāyā), ܕܪܘܼܙܵܝܬܵܐ f (drūzāytā)
• Catalan: drus m, drusa (ca) f
• Dutch: druus (nl) m
• Finnish: druusi (fi)
• French: Druze (fr) m
• Georgian: დრუზი (druzi)
• German: Druse (de) m, Drusin (de) f
• Hebrew: דרוזי (he) m (druzi)
• Hindi: ड्रूज़ m (ḍrūz)
• Italian: druso (it) m
• Ottoman Turkish: درزی
• Portuguese: druso (pt) m
• Russian: друз (ru) m (druz)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Druze
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} druso m
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} دروز

Adjective

Druze (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to this religious community.
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Week, number 605, page 10:

     "The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times.

   • (Can we date this quote?), The Week, number 605, page 10:

     Druze men shouted insults when she walked down the street.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdry.zə/
• Hyphenation: Dru‧ze

Noun

Druze m (plural Druzen)

1. Superseded spelling of druze.

Usage notes

Now mostly used in poorly translated texts from English.